Pu-k'ung
Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia is now 14 years old
Our Encyclopedia recently received a wonderful opportunity for a major renewal on its 14th birthday . After many years of growing our Encyclopedia had become bit slow and sometimes even decided not to answer when people knocked on the door.
A very big thank you and blessings to Dmytro Rudiy (rudiy.nl) for his great work in upgrading the server, website and all of the infrastructure and helping make TBE fast and reliable again for everyone!
We kindly ask our readers to help us cover the cost of this important upgrade and also help with the ongoing costs of keeping the Encyclopedia alive and freely available.
or card
Every little donation helps and every one is deeply appreciated. 🙏🙏🙏
OM AH HUM VAJRA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUM 🙏🙏🙏
May blessings shower down on all of yous 🙏🙏🙏
Pu-k'ung
不空 (705–774) (PY Bukong; Skt Amoghavajra; Jpn Fuku)
Amoghavajra
An Indian monk who went to China to disseminate Esoteric Buddhism.
Pu-k'ung is his Chinese name.
Born in northern India (Central Asia or Sri Lanka according to some accounts), in 720 he journeyed to Lo-yang in China and became a disciple of Chin-kang-chih (Skt Vajrabodhi).
In 741, after Chin-kang-chih's death, he went to India and Sri Lanka in search of esoteric scriptures.
In 746 he returned to China, where he won the patronage of Emperor Hsüan-tsung and his successors, and conducted esoteric rituals for the protection of the nation.
Pu-k'ung propagated Esoteric Buddhism and also translated many esoteric scriptures, including the Diamond Crown Sutra, into Chinese.
He is regarded as the sixth patriarch in the lineage of Esoteric Buddhism by the True Word ( Jpn Shingon) school.
Among his six major disciples was Hui-kuo, who transferred Esoteric Buddhism to Kobo, the founder of the True Word school.