Vajraśekhara Sūtra
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The Vajraśekhara Sūtra (T. rdo rje rtse mo; C. Jingangding jing; J. Kongōchōkyō; K. Kŭmgangjŏng kyŏng 金剛頂經), or "Vajra Peak Sutra", is an early Chinese translation of the first chapter of the Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha. The title "Vajraśekhara Sūtra" is a reconstructed Sanskrit title derived from the Chinese translations, which were made by Vajrabodhi and Amoghavajra during the Tang dynasty.[1] "The full text of the Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha was not translated into Chinese until Dānapāla completed his version in 1015 CE."[1]
The Vajraśekhara Sūtra is one of the central texts of the Mikkyō tradition of Japanese Buddhism.[1]
The Chinese Canon also includes a number of ritual texts and commentaries containing the title Vajraśekhara.[1]
A Tibetan text entitled Vajraśekhara Tantra is an explanatory yoga tantra related to the Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha.[1][2] This text appears just following the Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha in the Dergé Tengyur.[3]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. Vajraśekharasūtra
- ↑ Weinberger, Stephen, Neal (2003). The Significance of Yoga Tantra and the Compendium of Principles within Tantric Buddhism in India and Tibet (PDF). Dissertation, Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia.
- ↑ See Toh 480 in
The Yoga tantras, 84000 Collection
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
Further reading
- Ryuichi Abe: The Weaving of Mantra: Kukai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1999 ISBN 0-231-11286-6
Vajrasekhara Sutra, Wikipedia
