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Kegon

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Kegon is the Japanese transmission of the Huayan school of Chinese Buddhism. [1]

13 relations: Avatamsaka Sutra, Buddhism in Japan, Chinese Buddhism, East Asian Yogācāra, Huayan, Jitchū, Myōe, Nara, Nara, Rōben, Religion in Japan, Shingon Buddhism, Tōdai-ji, Vajrayana.

Avatamsaka Sutra

The (Sanskrit; alternatively, the) is one of the most influential Mahayana sutras of East Asian Buddhism.

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Buddhism in Japan

Buddhism in Japan has been practiced since its official introduction in 552 CE according to the Nihon Shoki from Baekje, Korea, by Buddhist monks.

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Chinese Buddhism

Chinese Buddhism or Han Buddhism has shaped Chinese culture in a wide variety of areas including art, politics, literature, philosophy, medicine, and material culture.

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East Asian Yogācāra

East Asian Yogācāra ("'Consciousness Only' school" or, "'Dharma Characteristics' school") refers to the traditions in East Asia which represent the Indian Yogacara system of thought.

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Huayan

The Huayan or Flower Garland school of Buddhism (from Avataṃsaka) is a tradition of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy that first flourished in China during the Tang dynasty.

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Jitchū

(?-824) was a Buddhist monk in Nara Japan of the Kegon sect, and pupil of Roben.

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Myōe

Myōe (明恵) (1173–1232) was a Japanese Buddhist monk active during the Kamakura period who also went by the name Kōben (高弁), and contemporary of Jōkei and Honen.

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Nara, Nara

is the capital city of Nara Prefecture located in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Rōben

(689 – 773), also known as Ryōben, was a Japanese Buddhist monk of the Kegon sect, and clerical founder of the Tōdai-ji temple in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

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Religion in Japan

Religion in Japan is dominated by Shinto (the ethnic religion of the Japanese people) and by Buddhism.

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Shingon Buddhism

is one of the major schools of Buddhism in Japan and one of the few surviving Vajrayana lineages in East Asia, originally spread from India to China through traveling monks such as Vajrabodhi and Amoghavajra.

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Tōdai-ji

is a Buddhist temple complex that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Japan.

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Vajrayana

Vajrayāna, Mantrayāna, Tantrayāna, Tantric Buddhism and Esoteric Buddhism are the various Buddhist traditions of Tantra and "Secret Mantra", which developed in medieval India and spread to Tibet and East Asia.

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Kegon sect, Kegon-shū.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kegon

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