1152 index
as site evidencing the spread of esoteric
Buddhism, 108, 422, 438
Mārīcī image, 119, 120f.13, 428–30, 432
Benevolent Kings Mandara
described, 918–21, 919f.5
The Tōji Lecture Hall altar and, 911–14
Benevolent Kings Sūtra. See Renwang jing
benzaiten-hō. See Sarasvatī
besson liturgies
Besson zaki of Shinkaku, 806
the Butsugenbutsubo, and Annen’s
commentary on the Yuqi jing, 775
four secret Taimitsu rituals, 765–67
Bhaiṣajyaguru literature
Bhaiṣajyaguru ritual manual T.924,
31, 358
Bhaiṣajyaguru sūtra T. 450 and
exorcistic recitation by Milbon of,
576, 578
Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabha-[rāja] T.
922, 344
Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabhāsa-
pūrvapraṇidhāna-viśeṣavistara T.
449, 580
Guanding jing and, 185, 580n.16
Korean Esoteric Buddhism and,
580–81
mentioned, 185
Yaoshi rulai guanxing yigui, T. 923, 349
zodiac spirits and, 581–82, 592
Bhaiṣajyaguru (Yaoshi, Yakushi Nyorai)
conflated with Tejaprahba, 94
exoteric repentence practices and, 668
incorporation into Esoteric Buddhist
pantheon of, 93–94, 218–19, 234–35
keka rites to prevent epidemic spread,
779
Kumano Mandara and, 922
sculpture of at Tōshōdaiji, 908–9
worship of during the Xixia, 467
worship of in Japan mentioned, 922
bimi (secret), introduced as a term, 10
Blood Pool Hell, 896
blood sacrifice, addressed in the
Chronicle of the Buddhas and
Patriarchs (Fozu tong ji), 444–45
blood writing
evidenced in colophon of
Vajracchedikā-prajñāpāramitā,
370–71
pata painting with blood and other
antinomian materials, 429–30
Bodaishingishō
Annen and, 748, 772–73
sectarian dynamics revealed by, 772
Bodhiruci
Amoghapāśakalparāja, T. 1092
translated by, 80
collaborations with Manicintana,
267–68
collaborations with Yijing, 267–68
Empress Wu’s legitimation and, 269,
269–70n.25, 275
Foshuo Amituo fo genben bimi
shenzhou jing trans. by, 43
kōmyō shingon transmission and, 863,
865
Ruyilun tuoluoni jing trans. by, 895,
897, 897–98n.13
subitism and, 309
name changed by Empress Wu,
271n.36
translation work carried out by, 271–72
Yuqie fajing jing, T.2895 translated by,
270
Bodhisena (Jpn. Bodaisenna, Baramon
Sōjō), 662
Bodhivajra (Puti jin’gang), propagation of
esoteric texts and practices by, 328
Bonten (Brahma)
paired with Taishakuten(Indra), 946,
947f.9, 954, 965–68, 974
See also Brahma (Fantian)
Brahma (Fantian)
Brahma-Mahākāla, 116–18, 118f.12,
488, 493
esoteric Buddhism under the Silla and,
591–92
esoteric Buddhist pantheon and, 17
Mahāyānist meditative visions of, 73
See also Bonten (Brahma)
Brahma’s Net Sūtra
Great Buddha of Nara image of
Vairocana and, 904
Rocana described within, 904also
“self-administer precepts”, (jisei jukai)
mentioned in, 791
Buddhaguhya, commentary on
Mahāvairocanābhisaṃbodhi sūtra by, 8
buddhanusmṛtī, 43
Buddhapālita (Fotoboli), 267, 371
Buddhāvataṃsaka (Huayan jing), access
to superhuman protection provided by,
517–18
Buddhist catalogues, 709–18
See also canon
Buddhist institutions, feudalization of,
20–21
Bukong biaozhi ji
Amoghavajra’s followers and, 321