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The Ritual of the Buddhoṣṇīṣa Vijaya Dhāraṇī Maṇḍala
Author Shinohara, Koichi (著)
Source Hualin International Journal of Buddhist Studies
Volumev.1 n.2 Special Issue: Buddhist Arts
Date2018.10
Pages143 - 182
PublisherCambria Press
Publisher Url http://www.cambriapress.com/
LocationNew York, US [紐約州, 美國]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
NoteAuthor Affiliations: Yale University
AbstractIn this paper I examine the practice of visualizing maṇḍalas, focusing on one specific example, the maṇḍala called Buddhoṣṇīṣa vijaya (Zunsheng foding 尊勝佛頂). The introduction of visualization practice profoundly transformed Esoteric Buddhist ritual practice. It made physical images redundant, but ironically it also turned maṇḍalas, originally ritual spaces marked on the ground, into images of deities and objects of visualization in and of themselves.
I trace this development by looking at the rituals for the cult of the deity Buddhoṣnīṣa Vijaya. In the Dhāraṇī Sūtra for Buddhoṣṇīṣa Vijaya (T no. 967–971; 974A) a maṇḍala is constructed on the ground, at which the practitioner recites the dhāraṇī. One version mentions the vision of the Buddhas arriving and praising the practitioner, but no instruction for deliberate visualization is given in the sūtras. The Recitation Manual for Buddhoṣṇīṣa Vijaya Dhāraṇī (T no. 972) attributed to Amoghavajra’s translation contains instructions for constructing a maṇḍala on the ground as well as instructions for visualizing the maṇḍala. The Manual for Buddhoṣṇīṣa Vijaya Yoga Practice (T no. 973) attributed to Śubhākarasiṃha first offers a brief instruction for visualizing the maṇḍala and then a separate instruction for painting the central deity’s image. Together these two manuals illustrate how the maṇḍala constructed on the ground gradually became an immaterial visualized representation.
Table of contentsIntroduction 144
1. Recitation of Spells Without Images 145
2. Recitation of Spells in Front of Images 145
3. Maṇḍala Initiation Ceremony for a Class of Ritual Specialists 145
4. Visualization Practices 146
Maṇḍala Ritual 147
1. The maṇḍala in the Dhāraṇī Sūtra for Buddhoṣṇīṣa Vijaya 148
2. Amoghavajra’s translation of the Recitation Manual for
Buddhoṣṇīṣa Vijaya Dhāraṇī (T no. 972) 149
3. Śubhākarasiṃha’s Buddhoṣṇīṣa Vijaya Yoga Practice Manual
(T no. 973) 157
Concluding Comments 178
Acknowledgment 180
ISSN25762923 (P); 25762931 (E)
DOIhttps://dx.doi.org/10.15239/hijbs.01.02.06
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Created date2021.03.23
Modified date2021.03.23



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