Shìjiā wénní fó jīngāng yīshèng xiūxíng yíguǐ fǎpǐn 釋迦文尼佛金剛一乘修行儀軌法品

Chapter on the Vajra-Eka-Yāna Practice Ritual of Śākyamuni Buddha (anonymous)

About the work

A one-fascicle anonymous Esoteric ritual manual for the practice of Śākyamuni in the vajra-eka-yāna (Vajra-One-Vehicle) tradition — i.e., the cosmic-Esoteric form of the historical Buddha as integrated with the Vajra-mandalic framework.

Abstract

The text presents the Esoteric framework for Śākyamuni-practice — the identification of the historical Buddha (in his nirmāṇakāya) with his cosmic dharmakāya expression in the Vajradhātu mandala. The yīshèng (One-Vehicle) doctrine of the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka tradition is here integrated with the Vajra-mandalic framework. The text is anonymously transmitted and conventionally dated to the late Táng period.

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