大足圣寿寺维摩殿探秘——兼及宝顶山川密道场的禅宗因缘

Exploration of Vimalakirti Palace of Dazu Shengshousi Temple:The Zen Cause of Tantra Bodhimanda in Baodingshan Mountain of Sichuan

位于大足宝顶山圣寿寺内的维摩殿,虽属明清两代重建的禅宗寺院体系,但殿中遗存的石台与石像俱为宋代遗物。笔者通过多次实地考察,结合相关文献考证,认为现存维摩殿石台、石像及基址应为宋代本尊殿寺院体系遗迹,且是整个宝顶山摩崖造像群的最高踞点,具有通融、联络、统摄大小佛湾的宗教象征意义,可能承载着宝顶山川密道场'摄密归禅'的宗教寓意。

The Vimalakirti Hall located in the Shengshousi Temple in Baoding Mountain,Dazu,belongs to the Zen monastery system rebuilt in Ming and Qing Dynasties,but the stone tablets and statues left in the temple are relics of Song Dynasty.Through on-the-spot investigations and textual research of relevant documents,the author holds that the existing stone terraces,stone statues and foundations of Vimalakirti Palace should be the relics of the temple system of Benzun Palace in Song Dynasty,and it is the highest point of the whole cliff statue group of Baoding Mountain.It has the religious symbolic significance of accommodating,connecting and controlling the size of Buddha Bay,and may bear the dense waters of Baoding Mountain.The religious implication of Tantra of Sichuan temple’s 'keeping Tantra and returning to Zen'.