Buddhism--Nepal; Buddhist Mantras; Buddhist literature; Buddhism--ritual
摘要
目次
1. INTRODUCTION 161 2. METHOD OF STUDY 161 3. CONTEXT AND USE OF THE RITUAL 163 4. WRITTEN SOURCES AND ABBREVIATIONS 165 5. DESCRIPTION OF THE GURU MANDALA RITE IN 19 SECTIONS 168 5.1. Purification 168 5.2. Dedication 169 5.3. Obeisance 170 5.4. Worship of the Conch Shell 171 5.5. Lustration of Mandata and/or Self 171 5.6. Purification, Protection and Sacralization 172 5.7. Meditation on the Moral and Worldly Benefits of the Worship 173 5.8. Visualization of Vajrasattva 174 5.9. Worship of Vajrasattva 175 5.10. Worship of the Mandala of Mt.Meru 177 5.11. Offering the Ratna {Jewel) Mandala 178 5.12. Worship of the Sixteen Goddesses (sodasaläsya) 179 5.13. Taking the Bodhisattva Vow 179 5.14. Confession of Sins (Päpadesana) 183 5.15. Preliminary Worship of the Spirit-offering (Bali) 183 5.16. Offerings to the Lords of the Directions 185 5.17. Concluding Libations to the Spirit-offering 185 5.18. Recitation of the Hundred Syllables 187 6. CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE GURU MANDALA RITE 188 NOTES 189 BIBLIOGRAPHY 195
