Ritual Manuals for the Recitation of the Secret Mind Mantra of the Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara 十一面觀自在菩薩心密言念誦儀軌經

Translated by Amoghavajra

Colophon

第 20 冊　No. 1069 十一面觀自在菩薩心密言念誦儀軌經 唐 不空譯 共 3 卷
Volume 20, No. 1069; Ritual Manuals for the Recitation of the Secret Mind Mantra of the Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara (Shiyi Mian Guanzizai Pusa Xin Miyan Niansong Yi Gui Jing); Translated by Amoghavajra in the Tang in 3 scrolls

Summary

Provdes the text of mantras and describes visualization, mudras, homa (fire ritual), and carving a wooden sculpture of Avalokiteśvara. Closely related in content to T 901, T 1070, and T 1071.

Notes

Date 720-774 from Lancaster (2004, 'K 1286')

English translation

Grinstead, Erik 1994, “Sutra of the Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara,” in Sorensen, H. H. (ed), The Esoteric Buddhist Tradition, Denmark: Seminar for buddhist studies, pp. 97-125.

Primary Source

Amoghavajra, 《十一面觀自在菩薩心密言念誦儀軌經》 'Shiyi Mian Guanzizai Pusa Xin Miyan Niansong Yi Gui Jing,' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 20, No. 1069, Accessed 2016-10-08, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T20n1069.

References

  1. Giebel 2011, pp. 27-36.
  2. Lancaster 2004, 'K 1286'.
  3. Shinohara 2014, pp. 40-41

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