Shīshí tōnglǎn 施食通覽
Comprehensive Overview of Food-Offering [Rituals] edited by 宗曉 (Zōngxiǎo / Shízhī Zōngxiǎo, 編)
About the work
A single-juan Southern-Sòng compilation by Shízhī Zōngxiǎo 石芝宗曉 (1151–1214) on the shīshí 施食 (food-offering) ritual tradition — including the yújiā yànkǒu 瑜伽燄口 (Yogācāra Fire-Mouth) ritual and other Mahāyāna preta-feeding ceremonies. Belongs to the substantial Sòng-period Buddhist liturgical-handbook tradition.
Abstract
The composition is bracketed within Zōngxiǎo’s productive period c. 1180–1214.
Translations and research
- Lye, Hun. “Feeding Ghosts: A Study of the Yuqie Yankou Rite.” PhD diss., University of Virginia, 2003.