赵智凤是南宋时期的密教高僧,一次性建造大足宝顶山石刻,集中表现他的佛教信仰及其密教思想,尤其凸显其传承柳本尊法旨的川密特色,将十炼身、八证圣融入金刚界大曼荼罗,是对晚期瑜伽密教十方三圣观的本土化创发,也充分体现出供养成就的传统密教思想和即身成佛的中国密教思想特点。

Zhao Zhifeng, an eminent monk of Tantric Buddhism during the Southern Song Dynasty, presided over the one-off construction of the Baodingshan Rock Carvings, which collectively manifested his Buddhist belief and philosophical system. The carvings highlight the unique features of Sichuan Tantric Buddhism inherited from the doctrinal tenets of Liu Benzun. By integrating the practices of the Ten Refinements of the Body and Eight Attainments of Sacredness into Vajradhātu Mahā Maṇḍala, the Baodingshan Rock Carvings by Zhao Zhifeng is a localized innovation of the Buddhist framework of Ten Directions and Three Saints from the late Yoga Tantra and fully embodies the principles of the traditional Tantric Buddhist thought of spiritual attainments through ritual offerings and the Chinese Tantric Buddhist thought of attaining Buddhahood in one’s present body.