Essay name: Theravada Buddhist studies in Japan
Author:
Keiko Soda
Affiliation: University of Calcutta / Department of Pali
This essay studies the acceptance of Buddhism in Japanese culture and nature, in light of the concept of 鈥淚mpermanence鈥�. The history of Japanese Buddhism traces its origins from its introduction through Korea, evolving significantly over various periods.
Chapter 1 - The history of Japanese Buddhism
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姣� ! 12 6 he went to T'ang as a Japanese student with Gishin who
was his interpreter. During his staying in T'ang for one
year he learned the perfect teaching of the T'ien-t'al
(Tendai) Sect, the precepts of the Brahmajala-s奴tra (Fan-
wang-ching, Bomm艒-ky枚), the secret teaching and Niu-t'ou-
tsung (Gozu zen). He got many Buddhist books of the
T'ien-t'al (Tendai) and the secret teaching and went back
to Japan in 805. In 806, he was allowed to establish his
Tendai school of Buddhism and was given two monks as the
7 number of persons to be ordained annually. Thus T'ien-
t'ai-fa-hua-sung (Tendai-hokke-shu) was established which
was combined with the perfect teaching, the secret teach-
ing, Jhana (Zen) and sila (A Buddhist precept).
precept).
But after
that, it was the time of sufferings for Saich艒 from the
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death of Emperor Karmu to his own feath. There were two
reasons. The first one was that the secret teaching
which had been brought by himself was mainly composed by
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6. During Nara and Heian Periods, such students who went
to T'ang to study were called Gengakush艒.
7. It was called Nembun-dosha. Until the middle of Heian
Period, the government fixed a limitation on the number
A person
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of persons who were to be ordained annually.
in this category spert several years as a novice before
he was actually ordained. He would then spent as many
as twelve years studying the scriptures.
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