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尺寸：69.8 x 24.8 cm
年代：16-17世纪
质地：铜镀金
风格：尼泊尔
来源：旧金山亚洲艺术博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
燃灯佛头戴五叶宝冠，额头宽广、脸型清秀，五官细致、双目微垂，神态安详、法相庄严。五叶宝冠每叶均作莲瓣形，上嵌宝石，冠箍末端向两侧卷起上扬，搭配外扬的耳珰，使整体造像具有灵动之美。外著袒右大衣，表面饰有花缦纹，边缘为卷草纹，下着长裙，通身装饰精美华丽。右手当胸施无畏印。

In Himalayan traditions, the historical Buddha Shakyamuni was but one in a long series of teachers. Each one resolved before his predecessor to become a buddha. It was thus before Dipamkara, whose name might be translated “Illuminator,” that a monk named Dharmakara made his own resolution to attain enlightenment. Eventually, Dharmakara would, as a result of his resolution, himself become the historical Buddha Shakyamuni. Dipamkara is thus the previous link in a chain of transmission culminating—but by no means terminating—in the birth of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni. Shakyamuni’s resolution before Dipamkara is likely the prototype for many aspects of Buddhist initiatory practice, including the systems relying either on oral transmission or on tulkus, reincarnate lamas.