Image, ritual and mantra: a study on Esoteric rituals of Dipper Mother Mārīcī
Mārīcī (Molizhi tian 摩利支天) originated in India and spread throughout various Indian religious traditions. She is also the subject of a cross-cultural cult which spread to Central Asia, China, Tibet, Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia and generated different iconographies and cults. In each locale, Mār...
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| Language: | English |
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2022
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Studies in Chinese Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 67-98 |
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Buddhism-Daoist interaction 佛道交涉
B Xiantian Doumu zougao xuanke先天斗母奏告玄科 [Posterior-heaven ritual of Doumu’s proclamation to the profound] B Esoteric Buddhism 密教 B Molizhi tian 摩利支天 (Mārīcī) B Doumu 斗母 |
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| Summary: | Mārīcī (Molizhi tian 摩利支天) originated in India and spread throughout various Indian religious traditions. She is also the subject of a cross-cultural cult which spread to Central Asia, China, Tibet, Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia and generated different iconographies and cults. In each locale, Mārīcī underwent localization or syncretisation with indigenous traditions. The first section of this paper will explore Mārīcī’s textual transmission from India to China, including scriptures on Mārīcī in Chinese translations of Buddhist texts, and investigate the characteristics and implications of Mārīcī worship. The second section analyzes texts related to Doumu 斗母-Mārīcī, focusing on iconographies, rituals, and spells. By reading the Yuyin qianyuan dantian leifa玉音乾元丹天雷法 [Thunder Methods of the Cinnabar Heaven of the Jade-Toned Primordial Heavens] and the Xiantian Doumu zougao xuanke 先天斗母奏告玄科 [Posterior-Heaven Ritual of Doumu’s Proclamation to the Profound], this paper investigates the process through which Doumu rituals were transformed into Dipper-proclamation rites, how new Doumu rituals were formed using the framework of Dipper-proclamation rites, and how they had a significant influence on later Doumu proclamation. |
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| ISSN: | 2372-9996 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Chinese Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/23729988.2022.2058287 |