Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

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depictions of Vairocana at, 217–18,
402, 905n.2
Dharmadhātu mandala line-drawing
from Mogao Caves, 410f.3
during the Tibetan occupancy, 410–11
esoteric art at, 219, 259, 333, 367–68,
409–12
esoteric manuscripts from Mogao
Caves, 55–63, 192, 195–96, 199,
213–14, 226, 229, 300, 331–33,
368–73
images evidencing blending of Daoist
and Buddhist traditions, 256
manuscript resources, 375–78
manuscripts included in the Zangwai
fojiao wenxian, 37–38, 42
mentioned, 216, 241, 295, 303
Nīlakaṇtha[ka]̣ T. 1060, as source of
monumental sculpture at, 526
overview of importance of, 365–66
superlative mantra altar diagram
S.249r, 385f.1
Tejaprabha cult evidence on banner
paintings from, 94
Trailokyavijāya image, 109f.9
transformation tableau (jingbian,
bianxiang), 371
Vajrasattva image from, 103f.6
Dunhuang esoteric manuscripts from
Mogao Caves
An zi zan, 57
Da foding rulai dingji bojie tuoluoni
shenzhou jing, 56
Da Piluzhe’na jin’gang xindi famen fajie
fa guice, 57
Da Yuanshuai qiqing, 57
Foding xin Guanyin jing, 56
Fo jin’gang tan guangda qingjing
tuoluoni jing, 56
Foshuo Anzhai shenzhou jing, 57
Foshuo jiaju lingyan foding zunsheng
tuoluoni shenmiao zhangju zhenyan,
56
Foshuo jie baisheng yuanjia tuoluoni
jing, 56
Guanshiyin pusa bimi zang wuzhang ai
Ruyi xinlun tuoluoni jing, 57
Hushen jing qi fo liu shenming, 57
Sanshi fa, 61


East Asian esoteric Buddhism–in the West
Chinese master Lu Sheng yen, 570–71
Chinese master Yee Wan Ko, 571
Eisai, Myōan. See Yō s a i , Yō j ō b ō
Eison (alt. Eizon)


esotericization of the precepts by,
790–91, 793
Shingon and Ritsu praxis synthesized
by, 790, 845
Ekādaśamukha (Avalokiteśvara with
eleven heads)
absence of images of in Tang period
Sichuan, 395, 487
described as core esoteric deity, 95,
96f.4
at Dunhuang, 409–10
Korean esoteric Buddhism,
580–81n.14, 583
Long Scroll depictions of, 487
mentioned, 33, 40, 95, 98, 168, 170,
202n.12, 215, 217, 297, 331, 333,
389, 527, 581n.18, 652, 666
popularity of during the early Tang,
395, 402–4, 409–10, 417
Ekadaśamukha-dhāraṇī sūtra, T.1802
commentaries by Huichao, 40, 170
See eleven-headed Avalokiteśvara
Ekāksara-uṣ ̣ṇīṣa-cakravartin (T.951)
emergence of tantric Buddhism and,
24, 269, 272
homa performance instructions
described within, 137, 269
eleven-headed Avalokiteśvara
Hokkeji nunnery image of, 908
keka repentance rites (ksamạ , chanhui)
evoking, 668
Enchin
Acalanātha Vidyārāja (Fudō Myōō)
cult initiated by, 748
biographical information according to
Zanning, 328–29
interpretation of Inchiji Kinrin as
embodying the three buddha bodies,
766
Jimon branch of Tendai associated
with, 745
learning of Siddham by, 328
mantras of the threefold siddhi
distinguished from Suxidi jing, 758
reconciliation of the Lotus Sūtra with
esoteric teachings by, 756
Taimitsu threefold system (sanbu) and,
754, 757, 761
Ta i s h ō collection of works by, 750
Yellow Fudō commissioned by, 918
“endorsement letters”, (ubasoku kōshinge),
evidencing practices of, 665–66, 778–79
Enni, Ben’en
criticism of Zen dhāraṇī practices by,
930
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