Search results for "Buddhism in Japan" - New World Encyclopedia
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- and contributed to the modernization of Buddhism in Japan. ... as a reformer of the Shingon sect. of Buddhism in Japan. Kakuban, who was originally ...22 KB (3,219 words) - 14:14, 27 January 2023
- a tiered tower with multiple eaves, common in China, Japan, Korea, Nepal ... were incorporated into the overall design. In China, these structures incorporated ...11 KB (1,699 words) - 06:15, 18 November 2022
- are called Bhikkhunis. The holy orders in Buddhism connect back to the ... In addition to pursuing their own spiritual advancement, Bhikkhu and ...18 KB (2,886 words) - 03:36, 1 October 2023
- of the Jodo Shinshu (or True Pure Land) sect in Japan. He was born at the close ... had been the bible of the Pure Land Buddhism in Japan since the time of Genshin ...16 KB (2,491 words) - 14:15, 27 January 2023
- スキヤキ) is a Japanese dish in the nabemono ("one-pot ... party. The ingredients are slowly simmered in a shallow iron pot in a mixture ...7 KB (1,137 words) - 21:42, 26 February 2023
- #039;s third queen. Myeongjong became king in 1545 at the age of twelve, ... During the reign of King Myeongjong, Buddhism, which had been heavily ...9 KB (1,376 words) - 02:40, 11 March 2023
- of Jikji printed during the Goryeo Dynasty, in 1377, is on record as the world ... The purpose of Jikji was to assist Buddhist monks in teaching Zen ...14 KB (2,230 words) - 01:10, 9 February 2023
- (Tokugawa shogunate 1603-1864), who lived in Niigata, Japan. He was renowned ... Ryōkan (良寛) was born at Izumozaki in Echigo Province, on the ...10 KB (1,696 words) - 18:27, 22 December 2022
- as the bodhisattva of infinite compassion in East Asian Buddhism. The name ... spread to China, he was also first worshiped in male form, but the representation ...10 KB (1,730 words) - 22:16, 2 December 2021
- the Taira and Minamoto clans for control of Japan at the end of the twelfth ... The Tale of the Heike was compiled in 1240 by an unknown author from ...10 KB (1,591 words) - 17:35, 30 April 2023
- 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) - 07:41, 24 January 2023
- 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
- 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
