Exhibiton of Buddhist Sūtras at UNESCO Headquarter in Paris
©UNESCOThe exhibition of « Buddhist Sūtras » is held at UNESCO headquarter in Paris from April 2nd to April 10th, 2016.
The Soka Cultural Association of France (ACSF) and the Institute of Oriental Philosophy (IOP) of Tokyo present an unprecedented exhibition in France, including Buddhist manuscripts discovered on the Silk Roads. These manuscripts are unique items kept by the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Moreover, the reproductions of the Mogao cave paintings in Dunhuang, China, illustrating parables of the Lotus Sūtra are exposed in this exhibition. This exhibition offers also portraits of great historical figures responsible for the propagation of the Lotus Sutra from India to Japan.
