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  • of the traditional lunisolar calendar used in Japan until 1873. was the thirty ... In a time and place in history where women did not hold significant ...
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  • Japanese culture, and this concept is still in use today. The term “do” ... Dynasty by Linji Yixuan. It was brought to Japan by Myoan Eisai in 1191. ...
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  • the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan, along with Jodo Shinshu. ... near the end of the Heian Period when Buddhism in Japan had become deeply involved ...
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  • Jianzhen or Ganjin (Chien-chen鑒真 or 鑑真; 688–763) was a Chinese monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan. In 742, Ganjin was visited ...
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  • of cultural-religious syncretism that arose in Japan, which blends Buddhist ... The relationship between Buddhism and Shintoism in Japan is complex ...
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  • by particular sects of Sino-Japanese Buddhism, especially among the Chinese ... to be confused with Virocana, who appears in the eighth chapter of the Chandogya ...
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  • to the development of Mahayana Buddhism in Japan. ===Spread of Tendai=== ... the dominant form of main-stream Buddhism in Japan for many years, and ...
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  • In ancient India, Nālānda (Sanskrit: meaning "giver of knowledge ... Nalanda has been called "one of the first great universities ...
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  • as part of an embassy of 570 delegates from Japan in 717 and remained there ... Taika Reform (645) and the development of Buddhism in Japan. ...
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  • and founder of the Soto school of Zen in Japan. Zenji is a title meaning ... to be the best philosophical work written in the Japanese language. To this ...
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  • the founder of the Linji school of Chán Buddhism during Tang Dynasty China ... In 851, Linji moved to the Linji temple in Hebei, where he took his ...
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  • and greatest Buddhist temples, founded in 553 C.E., has been active for ... Beopjusa founded in 553 C.E., in the Shilla Kingdom during the fourteenth ...
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  • of the most widely followed forms of Buddhism in Japan. Today, there are ten ... became disillusioned with what Buddhism in Japan had become, foreseeing ...
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  • made with the hands or fingers, used in meditation, iconography, dance ... In Indian religious practice, the role of mudras as a concentration ...
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  • as the basis of zhuyin. Though innovative in many ways, he was skeptical ... for another three by Yuan Shikai. While in prison, Zhang Binglin studied ...
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  • one's ancestors. It has been celebrated in Japan for more than 500 years ... * De Visser, Marinus Willem. Ancient Buddhism in Japan: Sutras and ...
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  • Wonhyo (元曉, 원효; "Genngyo" in Japanese) (617 – ... Unified Silla, Wonhyo played a vital role in the reception and assimilation ...
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  • world and the West by introducing Zen Buddhism and other Far Eastern religious ... of their religious heritage, which were in decline due to rapid modernization ...
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  • millennium C.E.. The Three Kingdoms period in Korea extends from the first ... Han dynasty established four commanderies in northern parts of the Korean ...
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  • The Nara period ( 奈良時代, Nara-jidai) of the history of Japan ... During the Nara period, the power and influence of Buddhism in Japan ...
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