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Tendai

Tendai (天台宗, Tendai-shū), also known as the Tendai Dharma Flower School (天台法華宗, Tendai hokke shū, sometimes just Hokkeshū), is a Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition with significant esoteric elements that was officially established in Japan in 806 by the Japanese monk Saichō. The Tendai school, which has been based on Mount Hiei since its inception, rose to…

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related to Primary sources in translation · 117
Tendai → Abbott, Adamantine Scalpel, Advanced Buddhology, An Outline, Ancient Japan, Annotated Translation, Archived, BDK English Tripitaka Series, Bhiksu, Birth Into, Bringing Together, Buddha-Nature, Buddhist Meditation, Buddhist Translation Seminar, Ch'egwan, Chappell, Chapter, Chapters, Chen, Chih-i
related to References · 75
Tendai → Alicia, Brook, Buddhism, Buddhist Books International, Buddhist Studies, Buswell, Cahiers, Chappell, Comparative Religion Publications, Contemporary Japan, Covell, Daigan, David, Dharma, Dissertation, Ed, Encyclopedia, Extrême-Asie, Foundation, Frederick
related to Pure Land practice · 29
Tendai → After, Amitābha, Amitābha's, Buddha's, Buddhist, China, Chinese Pure Land, Constantly Walking, Daochuo, Dharma, Ennin, Genshin, In, Itinerant Pure Land, Japan, Kūya, Latter Age, Nara, Pure Land, Pure Land Buddhist
related to Japanese Ancestors · 28
Tendai → Chan, Chanlinsi, China, Chinese, Chinese Esoteric Buddhism, Daosui, Furthermore, Gozu, Guoqing, He, Japan, Jp, Mt, Northern, Oxhead, Platform Sutra, Saichō, Shukunen, Shunian, Shunxiao
related to Study · 27
Tendai → Adorn, Bodhisattva, Bonmō-kyō, Book, Bosatsu Yōraku Hongyō Kyō, Brahmajāla Sūtra, Buddha, Buddhist, Chinese Buddhist, Daichido-ron, Daihannya-kyō, Daihatsunehan-kyō, Great Wisdom Treatise, Hokke-kyō, In, Indic, Japanese, Jp, Lotus Sutra, Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra
related to Tendai Esotericism (Taimitsu) · 27
Tendai → As, Buddhahood, Buddhist, Chinese Esoteric Buddhism, East Asian Esoteric Buddhism, Enchin's, Ennin's, Eventually, Jimon, Lotus Sutra, Mahavairocana Tantra, Mantra, Mountain, Other, Regarding, Sanmon, Shingon, Taimitsu, Temple, Tendai Esotericism
related to Founders of new Kamakura schools · 26
Tendai → All, Amida Buddha's Other-Power, Amida Buddha's Primal Vow, China, During, Dōgen Zenji, Eisai Zenji, Founder, Hōnen Shōnin, Japan, Japanese Buddhism, Japanese Sōtō Zen, Jōdo Shinshū, Jōdo-shū, Kamakura, Kamakura Buddhism, Key, Linji Zen, Lotus Sutra, Mount Hiei
related to Development after Saichō · 25
Tendai → After Gishin, An'e, By, Enchin, Enchin's, Enchō, Ennin, Gishin, Head, Imperial Court, Imperial Family, Kōsai, Monastic Affairs, Nara, Office, Other, Saichō, Saichō's, Seven, Tendai Bodhisattva Precept
related to Honji suijaku · 25
Tendai → Additionally, Although, Another, Buddhist, Chinese Tiantai, Dainichi, Dainichi's, Enryakuji, Esoteric Buddhism, Heian, Hie Sannō, Hie Shrine, Hie Taisha, Hiyoshi Taisha, Initially, Japanese, Japanese Tendai, Lotus Sūtra, Mahavairocana, Mount Hiei
related to Kamakura Period (1185–1333) · 25
Tendai → Although, Buddhist, Due, Dōgen, Eisai, Fujiwara, Genpei War, Heian, Hōnen, Imperial House, In, Ippen, Jacqueline Stone, Kamakura, Kōfuku-ji, Major, New Kamakura Buddhism, Nichiren, Pure Land, Shinran

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esoteric also buddhism saichō lotus school sutra buddhist practice teachings japanese tiantai precepts chinese one practices like tradition pure land

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Tendaiis aCommentary on the Meaning of the Bodhisattva Precepts0.90text
Jōdo-shūinstance ofvarious monks left Tendai to found new Buddhist schools0.80text
Jōdo Shinshūinstance ofvarious monks left Tendai to found new Buddhist schools0.80text
Nichiren-shūinstance ofvarious monks left Tendai to found new Buddhist schools0.80text
Sōtō Zeninstance ofvarious monks left Tendai to found new Buddhist schools0.80text
Zenyuinstance ofmonks0.80text
Senkaninstance ofmonks0.80text
Shintoinstance ofTendai's inclusive view of religion allowed it to reconcile Buddhist doctrine with aspects of Japanese culture0.80text
Japanese aestheticsinstance ofTendai's inclusive view of religion allowed it to reconcile Buddhist doctrine with aspects of Japanese culture0.80text
Zen or the preceptsinstance ofand avoided an obsession with any one category of the Buddhist tradition0.80text
Daochuoinstance ofGenshin drew upon past Chinese Pure Land teachers0.80text
Shandao.The nenbutsu was further popularized by the Tendai monk Hōneninstance ofGenshin drew upon past Chinese Pure Land teachers0.80text

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