Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

58 henrik h. sørensen Dabei qiqing (Prayers to the Great Compassionate [One]).^115 A ritual text for the invocation of the Thous ...

. textual material relating to esoteric buddhism 59 probably based on a text similar to T. 1075 or T. 1077, but it differs from ...

60 henrik h. sørensen Jin’gang ding yujie niansong guiyi (Ritual Pro- ceedings for the Invocation of the Vajraśekhara Yoga).^127 ...

. textual material relating to esoteric buddhism 61 Jin’gangzang pusa sanzi guanxiang (Visualizing the Three Characters of Vajr ...

62 henrik h. sørensen Wenshu pusa guanxiang (Visualizing Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva).^142 A meditation text. Wuzhe dahui zhai wen (Tex ...

. textual material relating to esoteric buddhism 63 Putichang suoshuo yizi touding lunwang jing (Scripture Spoken at the Bodhim ...

64 henrik h. sørensen early and very rare ritual text for the performance of the shuilu attributed to the Chinese Chan monk Zuju ...

. textual material relating to esoteric buddhism 65 Mijiao qiqing cideng (Invocations of the Secret Teach- ing in Successive Or ...

66 henrik h. sørensen to Partake of Food Offerings Together with the Bathing of the Image of the Central White Vajra[pāla] who S ...

. textual material relating to esoteric buddhism 67 Foshuo xiaozai yanshou Yaoshi guanding zhangju yi (Ritual Spoken by the Bud ...

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5. ABHISEKẠ Ronald M. Davidson The practice of abhiṣeka in esoteric Buddhism stands as the gateway ceremony into the esoteric ...

72 ronald m. davidson To a greater or lesser degree, all of these had overlapping values and extended from the fundamental meani ...

. abhiṣeka 73 to have become part of the corporate-familial or regional divinity (kuladevatāṃśa/deśadevatāṃśa). The more ela ...

74 ronald m. davidson regnal, and while the metaphor of kingship was occasionally inferred, it was seldom explicit. Instead, the ...

. abhiṣeka 75 and so forth (T. 901.18:885c26–892c28). The master (ācārya) first con- secrated a piece of ground; spread out a ...

6. MUDRĀ, MANTRA, MANDALA Charles D. Orzech and Henrik H. Sørensen Introduction Buddhist practice involving the use of mudrā, ma ...

. mudrā, mantra, mandala 77 even a “signet-ring,” i.e. for sealing.^5 It also means a certain art or craft and the practitioner ...