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 (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 Yuánjué jīng dà shū 圓覺經大疏).
The work is preserved in the Manji Xù zàng jīng (X1475) collection.
Translations and research
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- 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).