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Toward a Definition of Nirvana Caves Toward a Definition of Nirvana Caves
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The Central Pillar Design The Central Pillar Design
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The Rise of Nirvana Caves at Mogao The Rise of Nirvana Caves at Mogao
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Anticipating a Wheel-Turning Ruler Anticipating a Wheel-Turning Ruler
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The Shengli Stele Record The Shengli Stele Record
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Early Tang Caves Early Tang Caves
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The Pictorial World of Cave 332 The Pictorial World of Cave 332
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The Wheel-Turning Mudrā The Wheel-Turning Mudrā
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Politics of Buddhist Prophecy Politics of Buddhist Prophecy
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Just Like an Auspicious Omen Just Like an Auspicious Omen
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A Lesson in Survival A Lesson in Survival
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The Dali Stele Record The Dali Stele Record
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Zhou Ding and His Visit to Cave 148 Zhou Ding and His Visit to Cave 148
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Pedagogy of the “True School” Pedagogy of the “True School”
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Three Family Matters: Nirvana Caves
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Published:March 2010
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Abstract
This chapter discusses the largest reclining Buddha statue ever attempted, housed in a cave temple located near the southernmost tip of Mogao Caves outside Dunhuang. Known by today's numbering system as Cave 148, the structure was built literally to contain an eighteen-meter-long sculpture in an elongated, box-like interior with barrel-vault ceiling. In addition to Cave 148 of the Li family from the eighth century, a previous generation of the same clan also commissioned Cave 332 in 698. Both of the sculptures were built at critical moments in Dunhuang's history as a local response in support of Empress Wu's reign in the capital. Unlike any cave with a Buddhist pantheon so prominently displayed in the west niche as in Cave 45, both Caves 332 and 148 do not allow their viewers to see the colossal statue from the front of the cave.
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