Peacock Sutra - Kujakukyoho

…The Sutra of the Mother of Buddha, King of the Peacock, teaches that just as a monk who was bitten by a poisonous snake was saved by reciting the King of the Peacock Dharani, by remembering this deity, all poisons, fears, and misfortunes can be eliminated and prayers can be completed. In accordance with this theory, the Peacock Sutra is an esoteric Buddhist ritual performed with the King of the Peacock as the principal image. The history of the Peacock Sutra in Japan is long, and the Nihon Ryōiki, written in the early 9th century, records a legend that En no Ozunu performed the peacock incantation. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Peacock Sutra" is listed below.

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…《仏母孔雀明王経》などは，毒蛇にかまれた比丘が孔雀明王陀羅尼（だらに）を誦して救われたように，この尊を念ずれば一切諸毒，怖畏，厄難を消除し，祈願円満を得ると説く。この所説に従い，孔雀明王を本尊として行う密教修法が孔雀経法である。日本における孔雀経法の歴史は古く，9世紀初めの《日本霊異記》は，役小角（えんのおづぬ）が孔雀の呪法を修したという伝承を記す。…

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