Summary
s.1The Practice Manual of Noble Tārā Kurukullā is the most comprehensive single work on the female Buddhist deity Kurukullā. It is also the only canonical scripture to focus on this deity. The text’s importance is therefore commensurate with the importance of the goddess herself, who is the chief Buddhist deity of magnetizing, in particular the magnetizing which takes the form of enthrallment.
s.1《吉祥紅度母修法儀軌》是關於女性佛教本尊紅度母最為全面的單一著作，同時也是唯一聚焦於此本尊的佛典經典。因此，這部文獻的重要性與紅度母本身的重要性相當。紅度母是佛教中主要的懷攝本尊，特別是以魅惑懷攝形式而聞名。
The text is a treasury of ritual practices connected with enthrallment and similar magical acts—practices which range from formal sādhana to traditional homa ritual, and to magical methods involving herbs, minerals, etc. The text’s varied contents are presented as a multi-layered blend of the apotropaic and the soteriological, as well as the practical and the philosophical, where these complementary opposites combine together into a genuinely spiritual Buddhist work.
這部經文是一個儀軌實踐的寶庫，內容涉及懷攝和類似的魔法行為，包括從正式修法儀軌到傳統火供儀軌，以及涉及草藥、礦物等的魔法方法。經文多樣化的內容呈現為辟邪與救度、實踐與哲學的多層融合，這些相輔相成的對立面結合在一起，形成一部真正的佛教靈修著作。