Ming · by 袾宏補註
37,518 · about 125 min
The Ritual of the Yoga Feast Altar, Compiled and Essentialized, with Supplementary Commentary by the Eminent Monk Zhuhong of the Ming Dynasty. This scripture constitutes a key liturgical manual for the Yoga Flaming Mouth Dharma Assembly within Chinese Buddhism. Centered upon the esoteric practice of food offering, it integrates exoteric doctrinal perspectives. Its contents detail in full the procedures for altar arrangement, mantra recitation, hand gestures, sequential visualizations, repentance, and deliverance for the deceased. Its purpose is to properly offer sustenance to liberate sentient beings across the six realms. Zhuhong's supplementary commentary enhanced the ritual's practicality and expanded its doctrinal exposition, establishing it as the authoritative model for food-offering ceremonies in Chinese monasteries from the Ming and Qing dynasties onward. It holds profound influence within the liturgical systems of Chinese Buddhism and serves as crucial literature for the study of Buddhist ritual and the practice of compassion.