Search results for "Buddhism in Japan" - New World Encyclopedia
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- the first Jewel, Buddha. Founded in 646 C.E. by Master Jajang, ... or master Buddha’s teachings in order to bring salvation to ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 03:59, 1 May 2023
- or bodies, which are said to be manifested in different ways: 1) the nirmanakaya ... conflicting teachings about the Buddha found in Buddhist texts. As with earlier ...13 KB (1,936 words) - 16:53, 2 May 2023
- is one of two main temples of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism, the largest religious denomination in Japan (by number of temples in a single ...16 KB (2,429 words) - 00:05, 13 February 2024
- Buddhist and Taoist festival held in certain East Asian countries ... In Chinese culture, the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the ...19 KB (2,824 words) - 18:53, 21 May 2024
- the Korean Peninsula, ultimately resulting in Korea becoming a tributary ... Korean Peninsula. Standing at the twilight in its dynastic cycle, Koreans ...9 KB (1,252 words) - 19:58, 9 November 2022
- Jirisan (지리산, 智異山) is a mountain in the southern part ... The "ji" in the name of Jirisan or Mt. Jiri is the chinese ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 05:52, 5 April 2024
- and yogic practices, that developed in Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism ... The origins of the scholarly Indian Yogācāra tradition were rooted ...17 KB (2,529 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- Vajrayana Buddhism (also known as Tantric Buddhism, Tantrayāna, Esoteric ... While Vajrayana Buddhism is a part of Tibetan Buddhism, in that it ...27 KB (4,057 words) - 22:19, 21 January 2024
- The Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (JOKB) Korea's largest denomination ... currently comprises nearly 3,000 temples in Korea, organized into 25 districts. ...16 KB (2,359 words) - 06:43, 5 April 2024
- In Korea, Buddhist temples are abundant. Many of the oldest and most ... led to the establishment of Buddhism in Japan. In Silla Buddhism ...20 KB (2,977 words) - 03:50, 8 June 2024
- 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
- and Eastern philosophy, and was instrumental in reawakening an interest in ... Watsuji Tetsuro was born in 1889 in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture ...13 KB (1,961 words) - 23:19, 3 May 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
- 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
