Dated to 934 with a note on the back: 'Kept for reading and recitation by the monk Huiding. His friends are asked not to take it away.' This and cat. no. 235 are copies of the Buddhanāmasūtra and one form of worship was to recite the names of the buddhas given in this sutra and make the small paintings. This sutra was listed as apocryphal in 730 and the Three Stages School (三階教) to which it belonged was proscribed in 600 and 725. However the presence of these texts in Dunhuang shows that the sect continued to have its adherents.
Ink and pigments on paper
The British Library, Or.8210/S.548