1178 index
gumonji-hō practices, 661, 669, 817,
819, 907–8
Kūkai’s practice of the Mantra of
Ākāśagarbha, 695
mantras explained as nenbutsu and, 1047
promoted by Śubhākarasiṃha, 661,
669, 817–18n.5
the “questioning ritual” (gumonji-hō),
661, 907–8
recovery of shōchi (innate knowledge)
and, 673
Menzan Zhuiho
ambrosia gate ritual revised by, 932–33
Sōtō Zen doctrine and practice and,
932, 935
Miaofa lianhua jing, See Lotus Sūtra
mijiao/mikkyō
contemporary visibility of, 1030–31,
1036–37
mitsuzō contrasted with, 715
presence of throughout Chinese
Buddhism, 435–38, 516
ritual performance and the Tōji altar
statues, 946
as salvific energy of, 1037
“shingon” used to indicate, 744
terminological issues, 282–85
yuqie, “esoteric Buddhism” and, 10,
167–69, 281–83
Mikkyōbu, “Section of Esoteric
Teachings”
inclusion of Śūraṅgama sūtra within,
31, 525
introduced, 27, 222
organization of, 27–29
Sho ajari shingon mikkyōbu (Esoteric
Buddhist Section of All the Ācāryas’
Mantras) and, 168
mikkyōka (esoterization) compared to
late Tang cult formation, 333
mikkyō Ritual Halls, early history of, 950
Milbon, 576–78
military defense
Amoghavajra’s ritual expertise used to
support, 280–81, 351–52, 354–57
Chinese contractual talismans (fu)
and, 225–26
cult of Mārīcī during the Koryŏ, 603,
603n21
Great Mārīcī Bodhisattva sūtra (Da
molizhi pusa jing) directives for
pata painting with blood and other
antinomian materials, 429–30
invocation of Mahākāla to support
Mongol military compaigns, 542–43
power associated with Tibetan
Buddhism and, 568–69
rājādhirāja and the emergence of
tantra and, 9, 21, 72, 264
Renwang jing (Benevolent Kings Sūtra)
and, 281, 712–13
state-sponsored support of Buddhism
and, 711, 907
Tendai ritual reading of the
Daihannyakyō (Great Wisdom Sūtra)
and, 1003
Zanning’s promotion of esoteric
teaching and, 264n.8, 423
See also Mārīcī (goddess of war)
mimetic ritual technology, 84
miracles
ambivalence of early Buddhist
literature towards, 197
Buddha’s performance of at Śrāvastī
of, 197
distinguished from supernatural
powers of ascetic monks, 197
performed by Nara period self-
ordained monks, 672
Shijiamouni rulai bachu kunao
xian da shenbian feikong da bo fa
(concerning Śākyamuni almsbowl
magic), 47
See also magic
mitsuzō, vs. mikkyō, 715
Miwa, Tendai esoteric thought, 854–62
mizhou “secret spells” and zhoujing
“incantation scriptures”, 176
Molizhi. See Mārīcī (goddess of war)
Mt. Baoding. See Baodingshan
Mt. Hiei. See Hieizan
Mt. Kōya. See also Kōyasan
Mt. Wutai. See Wutaishan
Mudrā, 76–80, 84, 86, 277–78, 319, 334,
523, 822, 928, 1046–49
abhiṣeka-mudrā, 507
Daoist influence by and upon
evolution of, 77
images with distinct hand-gestures
from Gandhāra and Mathura, 77
mantra, mandala and, as core esoteric
Buddhist practices, 76–89
mutuoluo and, 77n.7
obscure origins of, 75–76
vajramuṣṭī-mudrā of Vairocana, 402,
461, 484, 491, 505, 594, 612
water and land (suryuk) and, 626f.1
“wisdom-fist” (zhiquan yin) of
Vairocana, 218
yin as an ambiguous term for, 77