Shìjiā rúlái nièpán lǐzàn wén 釋迦如來涅槃禮讚文

Worship-Encomium Text for the Parinirvāṇa of Tathāgata Śākyamuni by 仁岳 (Rényuè / Jìngjué Rényuè, 撰)

About the work

A single-juan Northern-Sòng commemorative liturgical text (lǐ-zàn wén 禮讚文) by Rényuè 仁岳 — the shān-wài tradition spokesperson — for the commemoration of Śākyamuni Buddha’s parinirvāṇa (passage into final nirvāṇa).

Abstract

The work belongs to the substantial Sòng-period Buddhist commemorative-liturgical genre, providing standardised liturgical material for the periodic monastic commemoration of the Buddha’s parinirvāṇa. The composition is bracketed within Rényuè’s productive period c. 1010–1060.

Translations and research

See KR6d0162 for the bibliography on Rényuè.