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  金剛智 - [py] jīngāngzhì [wg] chin-kang-chih [ko] 금강지 kŭmgangji [ja] コンゴウチ kongōchi ||| (1) Adamantine wisdom, or diamond-like wisdom. The wisdom of the Buddha that is more sharp and more hard than anything that in comes into contact with. 〔二障義HPC 1.801b〕
  (2) Vajrabodhi (671-741). Indian monk, translator and ritual master acknowledged as one of the eight patriarchs of the doctrine 傅授八祖 in Shingon lineages. Born into the Brāhmaṇa caste, he joined Nālanda monastery 那爛陀寺 at age 10. There, he is said to have studied Yogācara and mainstream texts such as the Madhyāntavibhāgaṭīka 辯分邊論, later becoming preceptor to the Pallava king Narasiṃhavarma Rājasiṃha II. His esoteric studies began in 702 after meeting Nagabodhi 龍智, an expert in the vajrayoga of the Tattvasaṃgraha 金剛頂. Vajrabodhi received initiation and continued to be his disciple for the next seven years. while on a pilgrimage to Laṅka 楞伽山, a mysterious vision inspired him to propagate the doctrine in China. Taking the sea route, he briefly sojourned in Śrivijaya; on the last leg of the trip, he lost the massive Sanskrit text of the Tattvasaṃgraha 金剛頂經 during a storm which destroyed much of the accompanying fleeT He arrived in Canton in 720 and proceeded to Loyang 洛陽. There he began performing rituals, initiating disciples and translating esoteric texts. In 723, he wrote down the first chapter of the Tattvasaṃgraha from memory, the 'Abridged, Recitable Vajra Summit Yoga' 金剛頂瑜伽中 略出念誦經 (T 766). The emperor Xuanzong 玄宗 lent his support to this proselytising and was later initiated into the esoteric doctrine by Vajrabodhi. From 723 onwards Vajrabodhi resided at the Zisheng temple 資聖寺, translating and composing a substantial number of esoteric texts, most of which were completed between 731 and 736. He passed away shortly before a planned return to India in 741. His most prominent disciple was Amoghavajra 不空金剛, who continued his work as author, imperial patron and propagator of the esoteric doctrine
  [Dictionary References] Naka420d Iwa289 [Credit] isinclair acm(entry)
  (Digital Dictionary of Buddhism - A. Charles Muller)

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