1154 index
introduced, 298–302, 318n.15
Japanese pilgrims travelling to China
for teachings during the Song, 422
Linji Chan (Imje Sŏn) transmission to
Korea, 609
Linji Chan jiaowai biechuan “teaching
outside of the scriptures”, 423, 446
rise of as a reaction to Indian cast of
esoteric Buddhism, 447
seventeenth-century revival of Linji
Chan, 563–64
Shaolin Temple demonic image of
Vajrapāla Nārāyaṇa evidencing
esoteric blending, 507, 508f.3
Tianji’s Xiuxi yuqie jiyao shishi tanyi,
563
Yu q i e y a n k o u practices and, 563–64
Zanning’s incorporation of esoteric
perspectives, 422–23
and Zhenyan Buddhism, 189–90
see also Zanning; Zen; Sŏn
children
Kārttikeya the many-armed child deity,
124
ritual secrecy and, 171
targeted by demonic beings, 211
children as mediums
described in the Instantly Efficacious
Āveśa Ritual Explained by Maheśvara
(Suji liyan Moxishoule tian shuo
aweishe fa, T. 1277), 213–14
described in the Questions of Subāhu
(Sobohu tongzi qingwen jing, T.895),
213
described in the “Unfailing Lasso”,
T.1097 translated by Manicintana,
213
Song dynasty practices of, 253–54
Tang dynasty practices of, 252–53
used by Vajrabodhi, 213, 253, 349–50
children as object of protection by spells,
Foshuo hu zhu tongzi tuoluoni jing T.
1028A and, 163, 202
Ch’ongji
acceptance by the Sŏn School, 636
during the Koryŏ, 597–98, 614
Esoteric Buddhist literature of,
599–600
Korean schools of Buddhism and,
600–601, 618, 618n.5
and the term ch’ongji, 584n.29
Chŏngt’o, Chinŏn Chip (collection of
Mantras) and, 643
Ch’ŏnt’ae
acceptance by the Sŏn School, 598
esoteric practices within, 646
Korean schools of Buddhism and, 597,
618, 618n.5
church/state separation i.e. dharmavinaya
(religious) and rājadaṇḍa (political)
divide, 21
Cintāmaṇicakra-Avalokiteśvara
and Zhenyan Buddhism, 95, 408
as astral deity, 234
cult of during the Nanzhao and Dali
kingdoms, 389, 487
depictions, 97f.4, 395
at Dunhuang, 95, 192, 331
feminine form of in medieval Japan,
894–95, 909
mentioned, 237, 518, 526, 670, 918,
921
Sichuan evidence of, 395, 414, 431
talismans associated with cult of, 95,
150, 192–93
texts associated with, 41, 55, 57–59,
150, 165, 192–93, 272–73, 331, 349
Zhenyan Buddhism, and, 95, 97f.4, 408
Cintāmaṇicakra-Avalokiteśvara, T.1081,
273, 1081
cintāmaṇi jewel
associated with Nyoirin, 895–96n.8
Goryū Shintō and, 840
Confucian (Ruist) ideology, opposition
to Indian cast of esoteric Buddhism,
446–47
coronation rites. See rājādhirāja
(institution of overlord)
cosmology, 130, 344, 528, 533, 683, 842,
959, 1045, 1049
Indian cosmology, 904
myriad worlds described by the
Brahma’s Net Sūtra, 904
craftsmanship
construction of the Nara Great
Buddha, 905n.4
fuku width of a bolt of cloth as base
measurement, 951n.11
homa altars building rites, 1048–51
initiations for craftsmen, 841
Kūkai’s hiring of craftsmen, 714
temple building and the
Kriyāsaṃgraha, 1051–53
the term kirigami and, 934n.19
Tōji Lecture Hall statues and,
936–37n.2
wang cheng plan in the Rites of Zhou,
733
See also material culture
Cundī (Zhunti)