Tantric Thought and Its Characteristics of Zhao Zhifeng

LYU Jianfu

Studies In Dazu Rock Carvings ›› 2025 ›› Issue (2) : 76-86.

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Studies In Dazu Rock Carvings ›› 2025 ›› Issue (2) : 76-86. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.2097-4698.2025.02.005
Bashu Religious Culture

Tantric Thought and Its Characteristics of Zhao Zhifeng

  • LYU Jianfu
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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.

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Zhao Zhifeng / Tantric Thought / Ten Directions and Three Saints / spiritual attainments through ritual offerings / attaining Buddhahood in one’s present body

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LYU Jianfu. Tantric Thought and Its Characteristics of Zhao Zhifeng[J]. Studies In Dazu Rock Carvings. 2025(2): 76-86 https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.2097-4698.2025.02.005
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