Search results for "Buddhism in Japan" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 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
- His lessons and stories have been found in textbooks to provide morality ... to this supreme being is equally inscribed in the heart of every individual ...13 KB (2,132 words) - 03:53, 1 May 2023
- word for "three baskets") stored in Haeinsa, a Buddhist temple ... complete extant version of Buddhist canon in Chinese script. Carved onto ...7 KB (985 words) - 17:42, 2 May 2023
- gender. Women, who occupied a low position in the social hierarchy, often ... intelligence. The total number of poems in the Manyoshu is 4,516. Most ...10 KB (1,528 words) - 02:58, 6 November 2022
- called Shintoism) is a native religion of Japan and was once its state religion ... C.E.. However, after the arrival of Buddhism in Japan, Hachiman became a ...32 KB (5,118 words) - 14:16, 27 January 2023
- the diverse cultures and countries in which it has spread. Early Buddhist art emerged in India and Sri Lanka following the death ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- Shimazaki Haruki, a Japanese author, active in Meiji, Taisho and early Showa ... himself as the major proponent of naturalism in Japanese literature. He was ...11 KB (1,652 words) - 00:42, 3 May 2023
- Huike, he secluded himself for many years in the mountains to avoid the ... reveals the influence of Taoism on Chan Buddhism, and deals with the principles ...18 KB (2,660 words) - 12:22, 1 August 2022
- menomuchi-no-kami (大日孁貴神) is in Japanese mythology a sun goddess ... left eye of Izanagi, as he purified himself in a river, and went on to become ...14 KB (2,300 words) - 02:45, 24 July 2023
- and Silla. The fall of Baekje to Silla in 668 marks the recognized beginning ... Archaeological discoveries in the ancient Unified Silla dynasty reveal ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:42, 11 November 2022
- and teacher, best known for his books about Japan. Born in Greece and raised ... In 1890, Harper’s sent Hearn to Japan as a newspaper correspondent ...17 KB (2,539 words) - 23:04, 21 October 2022
