Centre for Tantric Studies

静春樹 『ガナチャクラの研究　-インド後期密教が開いた地平-』　山喜房佛書林

Shizuka, Haruki. Ganachyakura no kenkyu: Indo kōki mikkyō ga kaita chihei (A study of Gaṇacakra). Tokyo: Sankibo Busshorin, 20th May 2007. xxiv+431 pp. ISBN 978-4-7963-0176-3. ¥15000.
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[English contents:]

♦ Preface
Explanatory Notes

♦ Introductory Chapter … 3
1. Tantrism in General
2. The Philosophy of Absolute Monism

♦ PART 1

Gaṇacakra in the Later Period of Indian Esoteric Buddhism

Chapter 1: Vajrayāna and Buddhist Tantrism … 21
Introductory Remarks
1. The Meanings of Vajrayāna in Indian Buddhism
1.1 A Summary of Indian Esoteric Buddhism
1.2. Classifications of Tantras by Ācāryas in Vajrayāna

2. The Blossoming of Buddhist Tantrism
3. The Practices of Buddhist Tantrism
3.1 The Sexually Oriented Application of Vows: Rāgacaryā
3.2 The Consecration of Matter in Absolute Monism
Summary

Chapter 2 Research on Gaṇamaṇḍala … 55
Introductory Remarks
1. Definitions of Maṇḍala
2. Gaṇamaṇḍala in Tantric Literature
2.1 Gaṇamaṇḍala in Hevajra-Dvikalpa
2.2. Gaṇamaṇḍala in other Anuttarayogatantra Literature
2.3. Gaṇamaṇḍala in Samāyogaḍākinījālasaṃvaratantra
2.4. Gaṇamaṇḍala in Paramādhi-suutra
2.5. Gaṇamaṇḍala described by Two Leaders of Tibetan Buddhism
3. Gaṇamaṇḍala and Gaṇacakra
Summary

Chapter 3. The System of the Application of Vows in Vajrayāna … 87
Introductory Remarks
1. The Practice with a Female partner: Mudrā
2. The System of the Application of Vows in Vajrayāna
2.1. Three Categories of the Application of Vows in Yogaratnamālā
2.2. The Ārya School, and the System of the Application of Vows
2.2.1) Āryadeva and Prapañcacaryā
2.2.2) Prapañca, Niṣprapañca and Atyantaniṣprapañcacaryā in Caryāmelāpakapradīpa
2.2.3) The Differences between the Three Categories
2.3. The Application of Vows Related to Jñānapāda’s Mukhāgama
3. The Relationship between Gaṇacakra and Prapañcacaryā
Summary

Chapter 4. Enlightenment through Bhojya in Vajrayāna … 127
Introductory Remarks
1. Pañcāmṛta and Pañcapradīpa
2. Somapāna and The Ritual of Partaking Rasāyana as Nectar
2.1. Somapāna in Samāyogaḍākinījālasaṃvara-tantra
2.2. Ingredients of Somapāna
Summary

Chapter 5. The Samaya of Human Flesh … 163
Introductory Remarks
1. The Killing Ritual (māraṇa)
2. Saptavarta (Seven-timers): The Sacrifice of Meritorious Persons
Summary

Chapter 6. The several aspects of Tantric Feasts … 185
Introductory Remarks
1. A Review of Two Modern Studies
2. Yoginīs, superior to male tantric practitioners (sādhākas)
2.1. Yoginīs and Ḍākinīs as devatā
2.2. Yoginīs presiding over Tantric Assemblies in Places of Pilgrimage
3. The Vajra-song in Hevajrasarvatantramudraṇapiṇḍārtha-paṭala
4. Abhayākaragupta’s Opinions on Gaṇacakra
4.1 Gaṇacakravidhi in Āmnayamañjarī
4.2. Abhayākaragupta’s Complaints on the Actual State of Gaṇacakra
5. Yogin’s observance of Samaya in Abhiṣeka-paṭala of Vimalaprabhā
Summary

Chapter 7. Saṅgha and Gaṇacakra: Three Categories of Ācāryas in Tantric Assemblies … 227
Introductory Remarks
1. Ācāryas for Gaṇacakra in Saṃvarodaya-tantra
1.1. The Vajrācārya Selected as the Leader of Assemblies
1.2. On Śrāmaṇeras
1.3. On Yogins and Yoginīs
1.4. On the Nature of the Author of Saṃvarodaya-tantra
2. The Ācāryas in Gaṇacakra in other Gaṇacakravidhis
3. Vīrabhojya and Saṅgha
Summary

Chapter 8. Abhiṣekas and Gaṇacakra … 263
Introductory Remarks
1. Gaṇacakra as the Way to Abhiṣekas
2. Gaṇacakra for the Initiates of Abhiṣekas
Summary

Chapter 9. The Practical Space for Gaṇacakra … 279
Introductory Remarks
1. The Places for Practising Gaṇacakra
2. Maṭhas, Assembly Houses for Gaṇacakra
3. Maṇḍalagṛhas
Summary

Chapter 10. Gaṇacakra as Anti-caste-oriented Feast. A Gāthā on the Identical Nature of Brāhmaṇas, Dogs and Caṇḍālas … 299
Introductory Remarks
1. Dogs and Caṇḍālas
2. Discrimination among Monks in Buddhist Saṅghas and Harassment from Brāhmaṇas
3. An Interpretation of the Gāthā
4. The meanings of the Gāthā for the Tantric Feast
Summary

♦ PART 2

Special Studies on Gaṇacakra in Tantric Buddhist Literature
Introductory Remarks

Chapter 1. Five Japanese Translations of Gaṇacakravidhis Composed in India … 325
1. A Japanese Translation of Gaṇacakravidhi by Ḍombiheruka
2. A Japanese Translation of Gaṇacakravidhi by Śabaripāda
3. A Japanese Translation of Gaṇacakravidhi by Bhadradatta
4. A Japanese Translation of Gaṇacakravidhi by Umāpatidatta
5. A Japanese Translation of Gaṇacakravidhi by Bhavyakīrti

Chapter 2. A Study on Gaṇacakravidhi by Bu ston Rin chen grub … 341
Introductory Remarks
1. The Synopsis of Gaṇacakravidhi by Bu ston
2. A Japanese Translation of the Preparatory Practices of Gaṇacakravidhi
3. A Japanese Translation of the Colophon of Gaṇacakravidhi

Appendix. A Study of the Saṅghabhojana of Ācāryakriyāsamuccaya … 359

♦ Remarks … 367
♦ Bibliography … 371
♦ English Summary … 397
♦ Recent Works by the Author … 407
♦ Indices … 409