The Quintessence of Secret (Esoteric) Buddhism

✍ Scribed by Trieu Phuoc

• Publisher: Matgiao Friendship Association
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 267
• Edition: revised
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

From the Preface: Readers are invited to understand and experience the magic and the value of mystic formulas and rituals. The degree of success depends upon the level of one’s merits and virtues. Secret Buddhism already has its many wonderful legends in many countries in Asia, so that there is no need to praise it further. It is time for all opinions about the supernatural power and secret doctrine to be presented to humanity like any other science. We invite any skeptical person to try it out before commenting about it.

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✦ Table of Contents

Preface 1
Biography 3
Bibliography 9
Special chapter 12
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Chapter I - Notions of Secret Buddhism
I. The Founder of Secret Buddhism 15
II. Adhistana 22
III. Abhisekha (Guan Ding) 29
IV. Magic symbols: Dharani, Yantra and Mudra 31
V. Mandala 42
VI. Homa (Homa Jap.) 45
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Chapter II - The Transmission Lineage 47
I. Brief History of Secret Buddhism in Tibet 52
A. The Old Secret Sect 54
B. The Madhyamika Sect 55
C. The Kargyutpa Sect 57
II. Brief History of Secret Buddhism in China
A. Subhakarasimha 63
B. Vajrabodhi 64
C. Amoghavajra 65
D. I-Xing 67
III. Brief History of Secret Buddhism in Japan
1. Japanese Buddhism 70
2.Secret Buddhism in Japan 71
A. Taimisu 72
B. Secret Buddhism in the East 74
IV. Secret Buddhism in South East Asia 78
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Chapter III - Guiding Principles and the Basic Doctrine 83
I. The Mahavairocana and Vajrasekhara Secret Buddhism Sutras
1. The Six Primary Elements 84
2. The Four Mandalas 85
3. The Three Secrets 87
4. The Ten Stages of Mind’s Development 90
5. The Philosophy of the Mandalas 98
II. Lectures on Dharanis from various other Sutras in Secret Buddhism 108
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Chapter IV - Practices Leading To Enlightenment
I. The Precepts 142
II. Appendix 147
III. The Practice of the Five Essentials Dharanis 149
IV. SevenKinds of Meditation in Secret Buddhism 152
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Chapter V - The Fruits of Cultivation
I. Auspicious Dreams following Cultivation 157
II. The Fruits of Cultivation 160
III. Nine Ranks of Achievement from Dharani practice 161
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Chapter VI - Dharani-Mudra-Yantra-Mandala and Magic Circles of Secret Buddhism in China, Tibet, Japan and Cambodia
I. Six Letters Dharani King Sutra 163
II. Ucchusma Lectures On The Dharani of Great Satisfaction and Wonderful Magic 169
III. Ucchusma on the Supernatural Power that stops hundreds of Transformations 175
IV. The Dharani of Great Satisfaction, of Fearlessness and Compassion Sutra from Thousand Heads, Thousand Arms Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva 187
V. The Cundi Dharani Spoken by the Mother of Seven Kotis Buddhas 224
VI. Sapta-Koti Unique Dharma 233
VII. The Quintessence of Secret Buddhism: The Five Essentials Dharanis 235
VIII. Collection of Sacred Yantras 246

✦ Subjects

Secret Buddhism; Esoteric Buddhism, Buddhismus