Yújiā liánhuábù niànsòng fǎ 瑜伽蓮華部念誦法
Yoga Recitation-Method of the Lotus Family by 不空 (Amoghavajra, 譯)
About the work
A one-fascicle Esoteric ritual manual by Amoghavajra (不空) — a more compact / condensed niànsòng fǎ counterpart to KR6j0228 (T1030 Guān zìzài dàbēi chéngjiù yújiā liánhuábù niànsòng fǎmén). CANWWW alt-title: Liánhuábù niànsòng fǎ 蓮華部念誦法. Listed at Nanjio 1429.
Abstract
The Yújiā liánhuábù niànsòng fǎ is a focused practice-text dedicated to the daily liturgical performance of the Lotus-family yoga. Where T1030 (KR6j0228) provides the doctrinal-ritual framework and the broader contextualisation of the practice, the present T1032 supplies the streamlined daily-recitation procedure suitable for routine liturgical use. This pairing of expanded-ritual-manual with condensed-practice-manual is characteristic of Amoghavajra’s compositional method: his Esoteric ritual literature often comes in matched pairs of “full” and “abbreviated” forms.
Translations and research
- Goble, Geoffrey C. Chinese Esoteric Buddhism: Amoghavajra. New York: Columbia UP, 2019.
Links
- CBETA T20n1032
- Kanseki DB
- 不空 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (750) — T = CBETA [Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association]. Taishō shinshū daizōkyō 大正新脩大藏經. Edited by Takakusu Junjirō 高楠順次郎 and Watanabe Kaigyoku 渡邊海旭. Tokyo: Taishō shinshū daizōkyō kankōkai/Daizō shuppan, 1924-1932. CBReader v 5.0, 2014.