Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

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ancestral spirits (T. 1313, 1315, 1318, 1319); and rites for curing
illness (T. 1323, 1324);
3) Tracts and commentaries by Amoghavajra, many of which are
classified as translations: Commentaries concerning the ritual
praxis of the STTS (T. 869, 871, 872, 874) and Vajrabodhi’s trans-
lation of the STTS (T. 1798); tracts on the function of dhāraṇīs
(T. 902, 903), on practicing the Mahāyāna (T. 1653), the teach-
ing of yoga (T. 1665), and the precepts for initiation (T. 915);
commentaries on rituals of the Renwang jing (T. 994–996),
rituals of the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka sūtra (T. 1000, 1001), ritu-
als of the Adhyardhaśatikā (T. 1003, 1004), the ritual praxis for
Avalokiteśvara and the Lotus family (T. 1030, 1032, 1033, 1041,
1042), and the ritual praxis for Ākāśagarbha (T. 1146).


Finally, there is Yuanzhao’s Collection of Documents (T. 2120), com-
prising Amoghavajra’s correspondence with the Tang emperors.

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