Shìjiāmóunī fó chéngdào zài pútíshù xiángmó zàn 釋迦牟尼佛成道在菩提樹降魔讚
Verse-Praise of Śākyamuni Buddha’s Awakening Beneath the Bodhi Tree, Subduing Māra
About the work
A one-fascicle anonymous zàn (verse-praise) text on Śākyamuni’s defeat of Māra and attainment of awakening beneath the Bodhi tree — a key episode in the canonical Buddha-biography. The text gives a verse-rendering of the standard narrative for liturgical recitation.
Abstract
The zàn genre — Buddhist verse-praise — adapted the Sanskrit stotra tradition to Chinese liturgical use. This particular zàn commemorates the climactic moment of the Buddha-biography (the defeat of Māra and the attainment of awakening) for use in liturgical recitation. The text is anonymous and conventionally dated to the late Táng to Sòng period.
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