Yoga Compendium Food Offering Ritual Manual (瑜伽集要施食儀軌)

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Ming · by 袾宏重訂

18,551 · about 62 min

The Yoga Essential Rite of Food Offering, revised by the eminent Ming dynasty monk Yunqi Zhuhong, is an essential ritual text recited during evening services in Chinese Buddhist monasteries. Centered on the Yoga Flaming Mouth Dharma assembly, this rite gathers essential mantras from esoteric teachings and key points from Mahayana sutras, encompassing complete ceremonies such as invocation, food offering, and deliverance. Its purpose is to aid all beings of the six realms and broadly benefit both the visible and invisible. Its content is rigorous and orthodox, integrating exoteric and esoteric doctrines, embodying the practical spirit of compassion and universal relief in Chinese Buddhism. Regarded as one of the authoritative models of Chinese Buddhist ritual texts, it remains to this day a vital foundation for daily monastic practice and Dharma assembly activities.