Tendai
(Tendai)
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A major sect of Buddhism initated by Chih-I (538-597) in China on Mt. T’ien-t’ai and introduced to Japan by Saichō (767-822). |
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A major sect of Buddhism initated by Chih-I (538-597) in China on Mt. T’ien-t’ai and introduced to Japan by Saichō (767-822). It is centered on Mount Hiei from which it exerted great spiritual and social influence in Medieval Japan. Kamakura era (1185-1332) teachers such as Hōnen, Shinran, Dōgen and Nichiren came from Mount Hiei and had studied Tendai teaching based on the Lotus Sutra and the wholistic philosophy grounded in the Kegon teaching. |
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The Essential Shinran: A Buddhist Path of True Entrusting |
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