Golden Garden Collection (金園集)

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Song · by 遵式述　慧觀重編

24,561 · about 82 min

The Golden Garden Collection is a Buddhist scripture composed by the Venerable Ciyun Zunshi, a distinguished master of the Tiantai school during the Northern Song dynasty, and later compiled by his disciple Huiguan. Master Zunshi was renowned for his emphasis on ritual repentance and practice. This work systematically assembles his important writings on ceremonial repentance, cultivation, and doctrinal exposition, reflecting the integration of śamatha-vipaśyanā practice with ritual forms in Song-dynasty Tiantai Buddhism. As a significant text of Tiantai doctrine, it not only profoundly influenced the institutionalization of Buddhist rituals in the Song period but also provides essential source material for the study of Tiantai repentance methods in later generations, holding an esteemed position within the Chinese Buddhist practice tradition.