Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

758 lucia dolce The Suxidi jing The source of the soshitsuji class was the Suxidi jieluo jing ( T. 893), a scripture that, surpr ...

. taimitsu 759 mantras of another set of apocryphal texts collectively known as the Podiyu yigui^16 (cf. Asabashō, TZ 8:974–97 ...

760 lucia dolce around the time of Kōgei (Misaki 1988, 568–573). The question of the extent to which it actually corresponded to ...

. taimitsu 761 (1276–1350) Yugikyō kuketsu nukigaki is also thought to record Chōgō’s oral transmission to his disciple (ZTZ m ...

762 lucia dolce demonstrate the extent to which rituals were crucial in the process of legitimization and thus inseparable from ...

. taimitsu 763 a specific taxonomy. Kōgei played a crucial role in the development of Taimitsu rituals, and this anthology doc ...

764 lucia dolce the traditional fivefold division of the Buddhist pantheon, but the order and terminology differs from the major ...

. taimitsu 765 The Four Secret Taimitsu Rituals Among the diverse besson liturgies, some more than others epitomize the dynami ...

766 lucia dolce in the country. This ritual, however, carried more elaborate doctri- nal connotations. The main deity of the lit ...

. taimitsu 767 Ryōgen (912–985), the ritual was also performed for the aristocracy as a remedy to cure illness (Groner 2002, 9 ...

65. GODAI’IN ANNEN Lucia Dolce and Shinya Mano Godai’in Annen (841–889?) is primarily known as the scholar-monk who completed th ...

. godai’in annen 769 master Henjō (816–890). It is uncertain whether the sobriquet Annen used for himself, Godai’in, comes fro ...

770 lucia dolce and shinya mano mondōshō (Abbreviated Discussion on the Meaning of Bodhicitta according to the Womb and Diamond ...

. godai’in annen 771 of Taimitsu doctrines. Here Annen presented his conception of Bud- dhism in the form of a novel doctrinal ...

772 lucia dolce and shinya mano above the distinction of esoteric and exoteric called the “great perfect teaching” (ichidai engy ...

. godai’in annen 773 doctrines of conversion (i.e., Tripitakạ , shared , distinctive , and perfect ). By creating a place for ...

774 lucia dolce and shinya mano the ultimate secret practice of Taimitsu, the combination of the Womb and Diamond Worlds (taikon ...

. godai’in annen 775 a crucial set of mantras called the “eightfold mantra of the sudden enlightenment and the great compassio ...

66. EXPLORING THE ESOTERIC IN NARA BUDDHISM James L. Ford This essay will examine esoteric thought and practice within what has ...

. exploring the esoteric in nara buddhism 777 import, at least from the perspective of the Nara schools, was his inno- vative ...