Yuánjué jīng dàochǎng xiūzhèng yí 圓覺經道場修證儀
Cultivation-and-Verification Ritual of the Bodhi-Maṇḍa of the Sūtra of Perfect Awakening by 宗密 Zōngmì (述)
About the work
This 18-fascicle text by 宗密 Zōngmì is the great Buddhist liturgical-ritual manual for the Yuánjué jīng 圓覺經 ([[KR6i0551|Sūtra of Perfect Awakening]], T0842) — the Mahāyāna scripture that, alongside the Avataṃsaka, was central to Zōngmì’s Chán-Huáyán synthesis. The 18-fascicle scope makes the work one of the most extensive Buddhist ritual manuals of the Tang period, and the principal liturgical-ritual manual of the Yuánjué jīng tradition.
Prefaces
No formal preface.
Abstract
The work is conventionally datable to 宗密 Zōngmì’s mature period at the Cǎotángsì on Mt. Guīfēng, c. 820 – 841 CE. The bracket adopted here reflects this window. The 18-fascicle scope reflects the elaborate liturgical-cosmological architecture of the ritual, which Zōngmì developed alongside his major doctrinal work on the Yuánjué jīng (the [[KR6i0555|Yuánjué jīng dà shū 圓覺經大疏]]).
The work is preserved in the Manji Xù zàng jīng (X1475) collection.
Translations and research
- No complete Western-language translation located.
- Gregory, Peter N. Tsung-mi and the Sinification of Buddhism (1991).
- Stevenson, Daniel B. “The T’ien-t’ai Four Forms of Samadhi…” (1987).