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Amitayurdhyana Sutra Illustration LampAmitayurdhyana Sutra Illustration South Wall of Yulin Cave 25 High Tang Dynasty Amitayurdhyana Sutra, one of the principal sutras in Pure Land Buddhism, which was a major theme for Mogao caves from the Tang Dynasty (618 907 A. D.).

while the rest of the composition illustrates various marvelous phenomena of Maitreya's descent into the world of Yama

West Wall of Yulin Cave 3

World Art Gallery-Dunhuang

and the hanging curtain

They are not the bodhisattvas attending the Buddha

they have become one of the important contents of Dunhuang Grottoes art

East Slope of Mogao Cave 249

a mural based on this sutra would center on the depiction of the Pure Land under the leadership of Amitayus

West Wall of Mogao Cave 321

it is a most representative cave with the most matured and unique art

but also have gained the reputation of "World Art Gallery"

without beginning and end