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WORKSHEET: Object Focus—The Diamond Sutra
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Summary The seventh worksheet of a 9-part Buddhism Education Pack, drawing in the history of The Silk Road to teach about Buddhist history and culture. This worksheet asks students to examine and analyze a section of The Diamond Sutra scroll.
Contributor International Dunhuang Project
Topics Artefact, Chanting, Diamond Sutra, History, Printing, Sacred texts, Sutra, Sutras, The Silk Road
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This worksheet is the seventh of a 9-part Buddhism Education Pack from the International Dunhuang Project—Cultural Routes of Eurasia, a collaboration between six EU partners (from the UK, Hungary, France, and Germany) and three associate partners from China. “Object Focus: The Diamond Sutra” asks students to examine and analyze a section of The Diamond Sutra scroll.
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About The Contributor
International Dunhuang Project
IDP is an international collaboration to make artefacts from Dunhuang and the Eastern Silk Road available online and to encourage their use in education and research.