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Shakyō
file:写経 (33226116846).jpg, 250px, Modern sutra copying in Japan Sutra copying (Chinese: 抄經, ''chāojīng''; Japanese: 写経, ''shakyō'') is the East Asian practice of hand-copying Buddhist sutras. Sutra copying involves the meticulous hand-transcription of Buddhist texts, Buddhist scriptures as an act of devotion, study, meditation, and Merit (Buddhism), merit-making. This tradition dates back to Indian Mahayana, Mahayana Buddhism which saw the practice of copying sutras as highly meritorious. Practitioners engage in this process to generate merit, cultivate mindfulness, calm concentration, deepen their understanding of the Buddhist teachings and preserve the Buddhist Dharma for future generations.Transcribing Sutras. Dharma Drum Mountain Global Website. In East Asian Buddhism, East As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scribe
A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of Printing press, automatic printing. The work of scribes can involve copying manuscripts and other texts as well as secretarial and administrative duties such as the taking of dictation and keeping of business, judicial, and historical records for kings, nobility, nobles, temples, and City, cities. The profession of scribe first appears in Mesopotamia. Scribes contributed in fundamental ways to ancient and medieval cultures, including Ancient Egyptian literature, Egypt, Chinese culture#Calligraphy, China, Sanskrit#Writing system, India, Persian literature, Persia, the Roman Empire#Literacy, books, and education, Roman Empire, and Illuminated manuscript, medieval Europe. #Judaism, Judaism, Buddhism, and Islamic manuscripts, Islam have important scribal traditions. Scribes have been essential in these cultures for the preservation of legal codes, religiou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
