Fódǐng zūnshèng xīn pòdìyù zhuǎnyèzhàng chūsānjiè mìmì sānshēn fóguǒ sānzhǒng xīdì zhēnyán yíguǐ 佛頂尊勝心破地獄轉業障出三界祕密三身佛果三種悉地真言儀軌

Mantra Ritual Manual of the Three Siddhi and the Three-Body Buddhahood: the Buddha-Crown Victorious-Heart Esoteric Practice for Destroying Hells, Transforming Karmic Obstructions, and Transcending the Three Realms by 善無畏 (Śubhakarasiṃha, 譯)

About the work

A one-fascicle Esoteric ritual manual attributed to Śubhakarasiṃha (善無畏), part of the soteriological-transformative dhāraṇī sub-corpus (alongside KR6j0076 and KR6j0078). The title centres on the Uṣṇīṣa-vijaya (Fódǐng zūnshèng 佛頂尊勝 — the “Buddha-Crown Victorious”) dhāraṇī — one of the most popular and widely-recited Buddhist dhāraṇīs in East Asian Buddhism, with the standard Tang translations attributed to multiple translators (T967 by Buddhapāla, T968 by Dìpóhēluó/Divākara, T969 by Yìjìng, etc.).

Abstract

The text presents the Uṣṇīṣa-vijaya-dhāraṇī practice in an Esoteric framework integrating it with the doctrine of the three-body Buddha-fruit (sānshēn fóguǒ 三身佛果 — trikāya: dharmakāya, saṃbhogakāya, nirmāṇakāya) and the three-fold siddhi. The Uṣṇīṣa-vijaya-dhāraṇī is here presented as the central mantra of the practice, with associated mudrā, visualisation, and ritual sequences.

The translation dates from Śubhakarasiṃha’s Chángān period (716–735).

Translations and research

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No substantial secondary literature located. (The Uṣṇīṣa-vijaya-dhāraṇī itself has substantial secondary literature; see Reis-Habito 1993 and the standard Tang Buddhist studies.)