Guānxīn shífǎ 觀心食法

Method of Contemplating-the-Mind during Eating by 智顗 (Zhìyǐ / Tiāntái dàshī, 述)

About the work

A short single-juan meditation manual by Zhìyǐ 智顗 on the practice of contemplating the mind during the daily eating ritual. Belongs to the Tiāntái guānxīn (contemplating-the-mind) tradition’s elaboration of standard monastic ritual into meditative cultivation.

Abstract

The composition is bracketed within Zhìyǐ’s productive period c. 575–597.

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