Qǐng Guānshìyīn púsà xiāofú dúhài tuóluóní sānmèi yí 請觀世音菩薩消伏毒害陀羅尼三昧儀
Liturgy of the Samādhi-Dhāraṇī of Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara for Eliminating Poisonous Harm compiled by 遵式 (Zūnshì / Cíyún chànzhǔ, 集)
About the work
A single-juan Northern-Sòng dhāraṇī-liturgical apparatus by Zūnshì 遵式 (964–1032) for the Qǐng Guān-shì-yīn púsà xiāo-fú dú-hài tuó-luó-ní jīng 請觀世音菩薩消伏毒害陀羅尼經 (T1043, the Sūtra Inviting Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara to Eliminate Poisonous Harm). The work provides standardised liturgical procedure for the protective-dhāraṇī practice associated with Avalokiteśvara devotional cult.
Abstract
Zūnshì’s Sān-mèi yí belongs to his extensive Tiāntái-Pure Land devotional liturgical apparatus. The text editorial note records Jīn-guāng-míng zuì-shèng chàn-yí tóng 金光明最勝懺儀同 (“same as the Suvarṇaprabhāsa zuì-shèng chàn-yí”) indicating structural parallel with KR6d0196. The composition is bracketed within Zūnshì’s productive period at Tiānzhú-sì in Háng-zhōu, c. 996–1032.
Translations and research
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