Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

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rituals performed for at court of
Emperor Shōmu, 669
Tōdaiji image of, 671
Sarvadurgatipasriśodhana-Uṣṇīṣāvijayā-
dhāraṇī sūtra T., 967–971
in the Liao, 462
introduced, 300
See also Usṇ̣īṣāvijayā-dhāraṇī sūtra
Sarvatathāgata-tattvasaṃgraha family of
sūtras (STTS) (alt. Va j r a ś e k h a r a)
Annen’s commentaries on, 748
availability of during the Nara period,
779
concerns regarding transmission to
Śākyamuni of, 315–16
Dainichi as imperial clad world
sovereign and, 731–33
Daoxuan’s introduction to Japan of, 662
Ennin’s classification of, 756
Ennin’s commentaries on, 748
as esoteric Buddhist core text, 9, 17
Jin’gangding jing da yuqie bimi xindi
famen yijue summarized, 39
Jin’gangding jing yuqie shibahui zhigui
T.1869 (esoteric canon), 306
Jin’gangding yujie jiang sanshi chengjiu
jishen mimen and Trailokyavjijāya,
108
Jin’gangding yujie Jin’gangsaduo yigui
QDJ 1393, 52
Jin’gangding yuqie famen, 282
Jin’gangding yuqie zhong lue qu nian
song jing (T. 866), 85n.36, 138n.15,
279, 347–49, 353
Jin’gang feng louge yiqie yuqie yuqi jing,
349
Kūkai and, 976
Mahāyāna foundation of, 4
and mandala practice, 309, 719
missing parts of, in Da Piluzhe’na
jin’gang xindi famen fajie fa guice, 57
sanrinshin (three cakra bodies theory)
and, 977
story of the “iron stūpa” in, 152, 316
Ta i s h ō collections of in vols. 18–21,
28, 30
yuqie (“yoga”) used to designate of
portions of, 266, 284
Yuqi jing initiation according to Annen
and, 759
Scripture for the Conjuration of
Bewitchments Preached by the Buddha
(Foshuo zhoumei jing), esoteric
Buddhist/Daoist blending, 369


Scripture of Incantations of the Eight
Ya n g (Foshuo tiandi bayang shenzhou
jing T. 2897), esoteric Buddhist/Daoist
blending, 42, 369
Scripture of the Cakravartin of the Single
Word of the Buddha’s Crown. See
Ekākṣara-usṇ̣īṣa-cakravartin (T.951)
Scripture on Perfect Insight for Humane
Kings. See Renwang jing
Seimei, Abe no
legend of, 690
seiman dōmain authored by, 689
Seiryō Gongen (female dragon deity)
Lotus Sūtra appearance of, 899n.18
Nyoirin, Juntei Kannon and, 895,
899–903
Shōbō’s vision of, 900
Zenmyō and Ŭisang, 899n.18
sexual practices
associated with magic used in esoteric
Buddhism in China, 201–3, 271
attitudes toward in Song period
translations, 444–46
the Dafoding shoulengyan jing and,
812–13
gandharvas and, 211
introduced at the Mongol court by
Tibetan lamas, 539
ritual deflowering of girls associated
with Hevajra tradition in the Heida
shilue, 469–70, 541
ritual sacralization of, 20, 75
Tachikawa-ryū and, 811–12
tantric sex by ordinary husbands and
wives during the mid-Ming, 553–54
transgression and cultural relativity,
445–46
Yōsai’s gendered sun and moon
symbolism and, 832–33
See also practice
Shanwuwei. See Śubhākarasiṃha
Shaolin Temple, 508
demonic image of Vajrapāla Nārāyaṇa
at, 507
dhyāna practices taught at, 589
Shensha, King of Ghosts, 121, 122f.14, 396
Shiki Mandara (of Tōji), 918
Shikoku pilgrimage
as esoteric Buddhist institution, 14
esoteric Buddhist praxis and, 15
legends associated with Kūkai and, 695
miniature forms of, 16
Shi Manyue, propagation of esoteric texts
and practices by, 328
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