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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other was to unite themselves with gods in the mountains
where gods and the souls of the ancestors gathered. Yana-
bushi could get the power to cure a person of his diseases
through their practice in the mountains. Thus Shugendo
had a great .nfluence on the Japanese religions.
Le now deal with the Pure Land Buddhism,
which is one of the most typical Buddhism in Japan. It
is a teaching where the adherent chants the name of Amida
Buddha in his mind in the present life as a result of which
he can live in his land Gokuraku-gyodo (Sukhavati) after
his death. 1: came from Jyogyo-zanmal (Constant active
meditation fo, a period of 90 days) which was one of the
four kinds of Samadhis established in the Tendai Sect.
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The Pute land Buddhism was brought by Ennin from
T'ang and developed as Fudan-nenbutsu (Continuous recita-
tion of Amida', name). The practitioner walks around a
statue of Amida, Buddha while calling his name and remember-
ing him to repert, of his sins. At the same time, they
express their willingness to be born in the Pure Land. And
it spread over only the society of the monks but also
that of the nobility. In 964, Yoshishige-no-Yasutane (?-
1002) held Kanaki - (Learning-encouragement meeting)
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15. It is held twice yearly, in the third and ninth months,
on Mt. Hiei ith the participation of 20 Tendai priests
and 20 students of the academy of literature; after
contd: p.
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