淨源=Jingyuan; 圓覺經略儀=Abridged Manual for the Yuanjue jing; 華嚴儀軌=Huayan ritual; 華嚴中興教主=Patriarch who Revived the Huayen School; 禮懺=liturgy; 禪觀=Chan Contemplation
Jinshui Jingyuan (1011-1088) dedicates all his life to teaching Huayan thoughts, confirming Huayan lineage, collating and printing scriptures and collecting Huayan related works. He not only propagates Huayan teachings through various means, but builds the First Huayan Bodhi site. Due to all this Dharma propagation activities, he is regarded as the ”Patriarch who Revived the Huayen School” of the Song dynasty. This thesis is based on Jingyuan’s life and the context of his works. My research extends to his purpose for editing Huayan repentance rituals while focusing on the “Abridged Manual for the Yuanjue jing” and examining the thoughts and practices in this liturgy. In this ritual, Huanyan practioners are encouraged to establish Bodhi site according to “Yuanjue jing” (The “Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment”), to worship the Buddha and repent, and to practice Chan Meditation. Therefore, this thesis will address the origin of this ritual in scriptures, the thoughts of repentance and the essence of Chan Contemplation as its three main axes. It will then develop the content of actual practice through the establishment and arrangements of Bodhi site during retreat period, the code for practicing repentance rituals, and the regulations for worshiping the Buddha. Then, through comparison with related repentance rituals, it reveals the conditions as Jingyuan edits this repentance ritual so as to comprehend the features of the “Abridged Manual for the Yuanjue jing” and it’s meaning in terms of cultivation. This thesis represents an academic research on a Huayan ritual in the Song dynasty. Lastly, through studies on ritual processes and reflections gained through actual cultivation of repentance, it is sincerely hoped that this research could provide modern practitioners with a probable way to practice Huayan repentance.
