著者

静 春樹

出版者

日本印度学仏教学会

雑誌

印度學佛教學研究 (ISSN:00194344)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.66, no.1, pp.377-372, 2017

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<p>Vajrapāṇi, the author of <i>Laghutantraṭīkā</i>, a commentary on the beginning of the ten and a half stanzas of <i>Cakrasaṃvaratantra</i>, presented epoch-making theories and practices, which contributed to the newly emerging circle of the Kālacakratantra school. This paper firstly refers to the <i>vīrabhojya</i>-ritual (Heroes' feast), which is a saṃgha version of the <i>gaṇacakra</i> introduced to the Buddhist tantric world by Vajrapāṇi. Secondly the paper considers his basic opinion of the <i>bhikṣu-ācārya</i>'s supremacy to the <i>cellaka-ācārya</i> (monastery-dwellers, but non-monks, rather priests) and <i>gṛhastha-ācārya</i> (householders, lay Buddhist tantrists), considering the qualification of <i>vajrācārya</i> or <i>guru</i>. Vajrapāṇi proclaims the enforcement of Vāgīśvarakīrti's principle, '<i>bhikṣuṃ vajradharaṃ kuryāt</i>' through <i>abhiṣeka</i> rituals. Throughout his opinion of strong monastery-orientation and the principle of the organization constitution in the Buddhists world, we can presume his own identity of formally being a monk, after taking <i>abhiṣeka</i>, becoming a <i>vajradhara</i> (vajra-holder). In the last chapter of the <i>Laghutantraṭīkā</i>, Vajrapāṇi explains the application of Vajrayāna's discipline and suitable manner (<i>samaya</i>) to each category of Buddhist followers when they participate in the saṃgha's activities.</p>