Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

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Qifo bapusa suoshuo da tuoluoni
shenzhou jing, T.1332, proto tantric
pantheon within, 305
Qing Guanyin jing shu (Commentary
on the Invocation of Avalokiteśvara),
introduced, 39


rājādhirāja (institution of overlord)
emergence of tantra and, 9, 21, 23–24,
72, 264
mandala use and, 81
See also cakravartin
Ratnasambhava
Kuṇḍalī as emanation of, 109
mentioned, 92, 406, 507
Reikiki, tantric discourse on Shintō and,
840, 842
Relics, 291–93, 315n, 323, 329, 384, 406,
407f.2, 408, 493–96, 623–24, 897
esoteric Buddhism and, 146–54
translation and re-internment
practices, 329
See also Famen Temple
Renwang jing, Benevolent Kings Sūtra
abhiṣeka rites and, 961–64, 979–81
Amoghavajra’s translation and
re-writing of, 281, 311–12, 355
Benevolent Kings Mandara, 918–21,
975f.19, 976, 980pl.14
bibliographical information, 953n.18
cult of deities associated with during
the Koryŏ, 603
Dainichi as imperial clad world
sovereign and, 731–33
Emperor Xuanzong’s extreme reliance
on, 356
esoteric and exoteric blending and, 962
first ceremony based on held at Tōdaiji,
906
imagery of associated with Kūkai,
910–15, 910f.2
introduction to Korea, 583
Kaiyuan Catalogue inclusion of,
712–13
Kūkai’s introduction of Amoghavajra’s
version of, 909, 914–16
mandala altars and, 961–62
mentioned, 32, 64, 110, 359
ritual texts for, 953–54
Tōji Lecture Hall altar and, 957
Xia State monastic curricula and, 472
Yamāntaka featured in rituals
associated with, 109–10
repentance rites (kṣama, chanhui)


esoteric ritual manuals containing,
332–33
incorporating spells and/or
incantations, 208, 332, 518
keka imbued with esoteric elements
during the Nara and early Heian
periods, 779
keka performances evoking the
eleven-headed Avalokiteśvara, 668
predating esoteric Buddhism in China,
518
Rites for the Contemplation of and
Offering to Amitāyus Tathāgata.
See Wuliangshou rulai guanxing
gongyang yigui, T.930
ritual performance
Amoghavajra’s influence on Buddhist
ritual masters, 354–57
divergence between orthodoxy and
practice, 198–200
esoteric practices during the Nara
period, 667–69
esoteric ritual manuals, 332–35
fourfold training (shido kegyō) and,
998n.4, 1024–28
interiorization of, 1046
mimetic understanding and efficacy,
1050–51
Prince Shukaku’s protocols and,
798–99
ritual dimensions of Taimitsu, 761–62
Shugendō ritual calendar, 997–1006
See also praxis; ritual practice; The Tōji
Lecture Hall
ritual practice, 85–86, 177, 199, 278, 330,
353–54, 357, 516, 529, 623, 705, 757,
770, 772, 818, 820, 864, 978, 981, 1027,
1042, 1044, 1049
Chinŏn Chip (Collection of Mantras)
and, 620–21, 642–46
Chosŏn ritual manuals and, 620–24
emergence of siddhi (xidi) literature
and, 312
homa, and Vedic ritual practices and,
1044, 1049–51, 1053–54
Menzan’s revisions of Zen practices,
932–33, 935
secrecy and, 170–72
Shingirondan hatto regulations for
argumentation and debate and,
824–25
Śubhākarasiṃha, Zhiyi’s coordinated
ritual practices compared, 83–84
See also praxis; ritual performance
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