Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

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Table 1. Pure Rules and the Number of Times They Mention Specific

Dhāran

̣ī.

Chinese

Japanese

Title

Jiaoding

Beiyong

Huanzhu

Baijang

Keizan

Sho ekō

Ōbaku

Shōsōrin

Date

1274

1311

1317

1338

1350s

1556

1672

1684

fascicles

2

10

1

8

2

5

1

3

Zokuzō

pages

28

48

21

—

—

—

—

—

Ta i s h ō

pages

—

—

—

52

29

64

20

36

Great compassion

9

14

13

20

20

17

10

68

Śūran

̇gama

10

11

30

23

27

53

9

60

Averting calamities

1

1

10

22

23

Victorious Us

̣ṇīs

̣a2

1

Pure Land

2

2

2

6

4

Notes. The

dhāran

̣ī are: great compassion (

daihi shinju

;

T. 1060–1061);

Śūram

̣gama

(Ryōgon shu

;

T. 944A); averting

calamities (

shōsai shinju

;

T. 963); Victorious Us

̣ṇīs

̣a (

Butchō Sonshō darani

;

T. 873), and Pure Land (

ōjō jōdo

shu

;

T. 930). The full names of the “pure rules” are:

Conglin jiaoding qinggui zongyao

(

ZZ

., 2: 17);

Chanlin

beiyong qinggui

(

ZZ

. 1905–1912, 2: 17);

Huanzhu an qinggui

(

ZZ

. 1905–1912, 2: 16);

Chixiu Baizhang qinggui

(

T. 2025);

Keizan oshō shingi

(

T. 2589);

Sho ekō shingi shiki

(

T. 2578);

Ōbaku shingi

(

T. 2607); and

Shōsōrin ryaku shingi

(

T. 2579). For more information on this genre, see Foulk 2004.