Brad Weslake @bweslake.org · Feb 13

10thC Heart Sutra, in the shape of a pagoda, one of four found in Dunhuang. The text begins under the Buddha (probably Avalokiteśvara), and then follows the red dotted lines, weaving back to finish where it started. The character at the apex is the 130th, the centre of the sutra: 無, “emptiness”.

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Brad Weslake · Feb 13

For discussion, see: Halle O’Neal, “Medieval Textual Images”, in Word Embodied: The Jeweled Pagoda Mandalas in Japanese Buddhist Art, Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA, 2018, pp. 122-167. doi.org/10.1163/9781...