Search results for "Buddhism in Japan" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Christianity in Japan is a religious minority, which constitutes about ... are represented in the country today. Christianity was introduced to ...21 KB (2,903 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- In Korea, Buddhist temples are abundant. Many of the oldest and most ... led to the establishment of Buddhism in Japan. In Silla Buddhism ...21 KB (3,080 words) - 04:34, 4 March 2023
- upon any number of religious teachings. In the Abrahamic religions, alms ... Related to almsgiving is the practice of giving a tithe. In English ...12 KB (1,965 words) - 08:19, 23 July 2023
- goal of Kendo has been stated by the All Japan Kendo Federation as "to ... Kendo is rooted in the lifestyle and the spirit of the Samurai tradition ...17 KB (2,670 words) - 22:07, 3 March 2023
- Second Patriarch of Chinese Ch'an Buddhism and the twenty-ninth after ... method to reach a true understanding of Buddhism, and that he taught that ...17 KB (2,535 words) - 08:53, 28 January 2024
- sixth century C.E. and played a seminal role in the transmission of Zen Buddhism ... be an inspiration to practitioners of Zen Buddhism today, and he exemplifies ...16 KB (2,456 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- was not practiced as a distinct discipline in itself. Historically, Japan ... involves an attempt to understand reality in terms of words, Eastern philosophy ...28 KB (4,111 words) - 09:55, 1 April 2024
- one of the three great unifiers of Japan. He was famous for his prowess ... to contest his older brother's rule, in order to preserve the integrity ...16 KB (2,605 words) - 11:26, 18 April 2023
- of the Japanese Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism. He transformed the Rinzai ... people; and the explanation of Zen teachings in a way that ordinary people ...14 KB (2,265 words) - 16:55, 21 January 2024
- Buddhist scriptures, and the ideas contained in and based on them, that attempts ... respected and used by schools of Mahayana Buddhism in India, Tibet, China, ...14 KB (1,967 words) - 04:47, 14 June 2023
- living history of the development of Buddhism in Japan. ... living history of the development of Buddhism in Japan. ...23 KB (3,463 words) - 00:01, 25 August 2023
- of a basic shakuhachi, but shakuhachi vary in length from about 1.3 shaku ... used by the monks of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism in the practice of suizen ...13 KB (2,089 words) - 12:20, 27 January 2023
- art of archery. It is a Japanese martial art in which archers use a tall Japanese ... half a million practitioners of kyudo today. In Japan, by most accounts, the ...13 KB (2,130 words) - 04:14, 6 October 2022
- 674) was the fifth Chan (Buddhist) patriarch in the traditional lineage of ... After Chan Buddhism had been established in China for several centuries ...14 KB (1,945 words) - 17:46, 15 May 2020
- ) was an influential Chinese master of Chan (Zen in Japanese) Buddhism ... of beings, one of the central concepts in Chan teachings. He pointed ...14 KB (2,167 words) - 20:57, 7 February 2024
- of the Meiji era. Nishida Kitaro engaged in an effort to translate Eastern ... Nishida Kitaro was born on June 17, 1870, in the Mori section of Unoke ...15 KB (2,299 words) - 05:02, 15 November 2022
- The Tathāgatagarbha doctrine is an important teaching in Mahayana ... the Mahayanists and later became linked (in a less "pure," more ...16 KB (2,284 words) - 04:35, 27 February 2023
- , was a Buddhist monk of thirteenth century Japan. A controversial figure during ... on earth appealed to religious reformers in the post-World War II Japan ...27 KB (4,005 words) - 23:30, 14 November 2022
- of the Sarugaku theater group. From evidence in a recently discovered document ... Ashikaga Yoshimitsu—the third shogun of Japan, at Imagumano in 1374 or ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 05:44, 13 June 2023
- Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its ... influence on the development of Buddhism in Japan continued through the ...32 KB (4,825 words) - 20:07, 15 August 2021
