index 1173
valorization of local deities as
characteristic of tantra, 19–20,
835–38
Yoshida Kanetomo and, 843
Longmen Caves, early signs of esoteric
Buddhist iconography and, 402, 403f.1
Long Scroll
Avalokiteśvara with a thousand-arms
and a thousand-eyes depicted on, 389
localization processes reflected in
iconography of, 487–88, 491
Lotus–repentance liturgy (Hokke senbō),
introduced, 1002–3
Lotus samādhi practice (Hokke zanmai),
1003
Lotus Sūtra
availability during the Nara Period, 665
commentaries on rituals of, 359
comprehensibility of to Chinese
readers of, 435
concept of innate knowledge (shōchi)
and, 673
daimoku recitation of the title of, 1047
dhāraṇī presented within, 177, 1047
dragon girl Seiryō Gongen in
Devadatta chapter of, 899n.18
esoteric dieties within, 124
human-hair embroidery used in man-
dala of, 876, 891
Kūkai’s dismissal of, 755
mentioned, 32, 35, 221, 343, 371, 525,
815n.1, 954
nunnery establishments in Japan and,
906, 908
superhuman protection provided by,
517–18
Taimitsu reconciliations of, with
esoteric literature, 701, 752, 754–56,
759, 763n.24, 764, 773
Tendai esoteric traditions dedicated to
kami worship and, 856, 859
Tendai repentance rituals and, 1003
Zhisheng’s categories and, 305
Lotus Sūtra mandala, 759, 876, 891,
892f.3
Lu Sheng-yen, 570–71
magic
Chinese esoteric Buddhism and,
197–207
demonology and, 201–2
detailed in the Śubhāhu-pariprcchạ̄
T.895, 278
detailed in the Susiddhikara sūtra,
204–5
esoteric Buddhist use of compared to
Brazilian voodoo practices, 204
forbidding of, in the Regulations for
Monk and Nuns (Sōni-ryō), 667
Liu Benzun’s supernatural powers and,
204n.18, 433
Mahāyāna ethics and, 205–6
Ming literati representation of Tibetan
Buddhism as, 555
rainmaking by Amoghavajra for
Emperor Xuanzong as display of,
355
rainmaking by Vajrabodhi for Emperor
Xuanzong as display of, 280
rainmaking practices performed
during the Tempyō era, 669
rejection of by the Buddha in the
Brahmajāla sutta, 197
ritual performance and, 198–200
Shijiamouni rulai bachu kunao
xian da shenbian feikong da bo fa
(concerning Śākyamuni’s almsbowl
magic), 47
shingon as esoteric transmission vs. rite
to enhance technology of magical
incantations, 712
siddhi (chengjiuzhe) ritual practioners
in sixth century China, 164
“spell masters” (zhoushi) and, 164
spells used as magical triggers, 204–5
spiritual attainment (siddhis) equated
with powers of, 197, 200–201, 203–4
Tibetan Lamas and, 555, 568–69
Yu q i e y a n k o u and, 563–64
See also miracles
Mahākāla
Brahma-Mahākāla, 116–18, 118f.12,
488, 493
cult of in China, 116–18
cult of introduced to the Xia court,
469
Daoist ritual cosmology and, 533
invocation of to support Mongol
military compaigns, 542
Zhenyan Buddhism and, 116, 118f.12
Mahāmaṇivipulavimāna T.1005–1007
full-fledged Esoteric Buddhism and,
165
overview of versions of, 149n.17
treatment of mudrās, spells and relics
within, 77, 151
Mahāmāyūrīvidyārājñī (alt. Mahāmāyūrī;
the Peacock Queen), 110–12, 113pl.3,
214, 367, 428
Mahāmāyūrīvidyārājñī texts