Seeing Chen-Yen Buddhism: Traditional Scholarship and the Vajrayāna in China
@article{Orzech1989SeeingCB,
title={Seeing Chen-Yen Buddhism: Traditional Scholarship and the Vajrayāna in China},
author={Charles D. Orzech},
journal={History of Religions},
year={1989},
volume={29},
pages={87 - 114},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:162235701}
}and concrete meanings are perhaps best encompassed by the translation "essence of enlightenment." 60 T. 1320:21.478b-479a. Ju-i here means the will to accomplish one's aims. It is often symbolized by a scepter or a gem. 61 T. 1320:21.479b-479c. 62 T. 1320: 21.480a-c. 63 T. 1320:21.480c-482a. 108 History of Religions Vajrasattva.64 Appended to the manual is "The writ on the 10 sorts of lonely hun [spirits]."65 This brief examination of the rites for the salvation of hungry ghosts shows that, as…
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