Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

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. textual material relating to esoteric buddhism 59


probably based on a text similar to T. 1075 or T. 1077, but it differs
from both.


Guanshiyin Bukongzhuanso wangxin shenzhou gongde famen ming
bukong chengjiu wang fa
(Avalokiteśvara Amoghapāśa Royal Heart Divine Mantra
Virtous Followers Called the Amoghapāśa Royal Method).^121 A lengthy
ritual text on the worship of Amoghapāśa with many details on the
construction of the altar, the spells to be used, and the siddhīs that
will be attained as the result of a successful rite. Some of the practices
encountered here are similar to those found in the thirty-roll version
of the Amoghapāśakalparāja.^122


Guanshiyin pusa fuyin (Talismans and Mudrās
[related to] Avalokiteśvara Bodhisatva).^123 A lengthy ritual text featur-
ing liturgy, mudrās, and several talismans, it also contains a mandala
and dhāraṇīs.


Guanshiyin pusa Ruyilun tuoluoni [jing] bing biexing fa
[ ] (Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva Cintāman ̣icakra
Dhāraṇī [sūtra] with Alternative Methods of Cultivation),^124 transla-
tion attributed to Dharmagūpta of Shanglin Monastery. An
apocryphal and composite ritual text with Daoist elements, including
talismans. Similarities with P. 2602.


Guanshiyin pusa Ruyilun tuoluoni changju zhou
(Cintāman ̣icakra-Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva Dhāraṇī
Section of Spells).^125 Spells for the worship of Cintāmaṇicakra-
Avalokiteśvara based on a text similar to T. 1084 or T. 1085.


Guanshiyin toutong zhou (Avalokiteśvara Spell [against]
Headache).^126 A spell text for healing.


(^121) S. 232. Cf. DMWJ, vol. 2, pp. 521–41.
(^122) T. 1092.
(^123) S. 2498 (1), P. 2602. The latter manuscript dated to the eighth century.
(^124) P. 2153.
(^125) S. 2498.
(^126) S. 6978.

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