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 3 - Theravada and Mahayana (comparison and contrast)
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The thought of nothingness (S奴nya, s奴nyst膩) of
M膩dhyamika and the theory of Vij帽apti-m膩trat膩 of the
Vijnanavada were also accepted to the secret teaching.
On the basis of these thoughts they should practice
Yoga. For that purpose the introduced some Mudra,
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chanting of Mantras and meditating on various Buddhas
and gods in front of the mandala. The mandala is the
symbolized Bodhicitta, which is to be meditated for
the purpose; of being fused.
Of the Mah膩y膩na Texts mentioned above, the
following nine Texts are called Navadharma or nine
sacred texts famous and worshipped in Nepal. They are:
Lalitavistara, Samadhir膩jas奴tra, La峁卥膩vat膩ra, Astas膩hasr-
ik盲 Praj帽apFremit膩, Gandavvuna, Saddharmapun岣峚r墨ka,
Dasabhumika, Suvarnaprabh膩sa and Tath膩gataguhyaka. They
are also called Vaipulya-s奴tras (i.e. extensive and
glorious sutras).
III.8. CONCLUSION
From the discussions we come to the following
conclusions:
Theravada Buddhism had a specialized teaching
which was good for the intellectual people and there-
fore it was not practical for all. As a result
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