佛頂尊勝陀羅尼經; 密宗=Mi Buddhism; 民俗=folk custom; 漢譯佛典=Translation of Buddhism Scripture into Chinese; 陀羅尼=Tuoluoni
摘要
有唐一代,密教一宗,異常興盛,寫經造像,不一而足。其中以《佛頂尊勝陀羅尼經》為理論依據的尊勝陀羅尼信仰,在帝王及密教高僧的合力推動下朝野敬信,且因之形成了與民眾日常生活息息相關的建尊勝陀羅尼經幢的民俗,風靡一時。本文試從《佛頂尊勝陀羅尼經》的傳譯與流播,及建尊勝陀羅尼經幢對社會生活的影響等方面,進一步說明密宗是中唐神秘文化發展的一個促動因素。 Mi Buddhism was flourishing in the Tang Dynasty. Many statues were set up and handwritten copies of Buddhism Scriptures were produced in large numbers. Zunshengtuoluoni belief, whose theoretical basis stemmed from The Scripture of Fod-ingzunshengtuoluoni, was promoted energetically both by the emperor and the eminent monks. As a result, the belief was worshipped both by the court and the commonalty and became very popular, which gave rise to the fashionable folk custom of building Zunshengtuoluoni temples thus illustrating the fact that Mi Buddhism was an important factor which gave impetus to the development of the mysterious culture in the middle period of Tang Dynasty.
