Guānzìzài rúyìlún púsà yújiā fǎyào 觀自在如意輪菩薩瑜伽法要
Essentials of the Yoga-Method of the Cintāmaṇi-Cakra Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva by 金剛智 (Jīngāngzhì, Vajrabodhi, 譯)
About the work
A one-fascicle Tángmì yújiā fǎyào 瑜伽法要 (“essentials of the yoga method”) on the Cintāmaṇi-cakra Avalokiteśvara translated by Vajrabodhi (金剛智, 671–741), the South-Indian master who introduced the Vajra-śekhara cycle to China and was 不空 Amoghavajra’s teacher. The text opens with the same verse-incipit as Amoghavajra’s parallel (KR6j0293, T20n1086) — “我今順瑜伽…” — confirming the master-disciple textual filiation.
Abstract
The Yújiā fǎyào expounds the Cintāmaṇi-cakra deity through the yoga method as practiced in Vajrabodhi’s South-Indian lineage. As “essentials” (法要) the text is more compact than Amoghavajra’s parallel (KR6j0293), giving the core yoga-procedure: self-generation, the five-stage abhisaṃbodhi, the mahā-mudrā, and the closing visualisation. The textual relation between this work and KR6j0293 is that of master to disciple: Vajrabodhi’s text represents the original transmission, Amoghavajra’s the disciple’s elaboration.
Translations and research
- Orzech, Charles D., et al., eds. Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia. Leiden: Brill, 2011.
Links
- CBETA T20n1087
- Kanseki DB
- 金剛智 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (730) — 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.