《西藏研究》汉文版

元明时期藏传佛教传入炳灵寺后,大部分窟龛壁画被重绘成藏传佛教内容。在藏传佛教造像中,四臂观音像出现的频率很高。四臂观音是观音化现的以代表"六字真言"的密宗观音之一,在藏传佛教中地位极高,这种最常见的密宗造像对我国观音信仰产生了重要影响。

After the Tibetan Buddhism was disseminated into Bingling Temple during the Yuan and Ming dynasties,most of the mural paintings in grottoes were repainted with the content of Tibetan Buddhism.The appearance of the four-armed Avalokiesvra is very frequently.Four-armed Avalokiesvra as one of the representatives of six-words Mantra in Esoteric Goddess of Mercy system,it has a very high status in Tibetan Buddhism.This kind of frequent Tantra Statue had a great impact on the religion of Avalokiesvra in China.