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Benchō

Index Benchō

, was a Japanese Buddhist monk and second patriarch of the main Chinzei branch of the Jōdo-shū sect of Japanese Buddhism, after Hōnen. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 13 relations: Amitābha, Bhikkhu, Chinzei, Enryaku-ji, Hōnen, Jōdo-shū, Kōsai, Kyushu, Nianfo, Pure land, Shōkū, Tendai, Zendō-ji (Kurume).

  2. 1162 births
  3. 1238 deaths
  4. Buddhist patriarchs
  5. Jōdo-shū Buddhist priests

Amitābha

Amitābha (अमिताभ; 'Infinite Light') is the principal Buddha of Pure Land Buddhism.

See Benchō and Amitābha

Bhikkhu

A bhikkhu (Pali: भिक्खु, Sanskrit: भिक्षु, bhikṣu) is an ordained male in Buddhist monasticism.

See Benchō and Bhikkhu

Chinzei

The branch, also called the, of Jōdo-shū Buddhism is the main branch that exists today, and was first established by Benchō, a disciple of Hōnen, but formalized into a separate branch by Benchō's disciple Ryōchū.

See Benchō and Chinzei

Enryaku-ji

is a Tendai monastery located on Mount Hiei in Ōtsu, overlooking Kyoto. It was first founded in 788 during the early Heian period (794–1185) by Saichō (767–822), also known as Dengyō Daishi, who introduced the Tendai sect of Mahayana Buddhism to Japan from China. The temple complex has undergone several reconstruction efforts since then, with the most significant (that of the main hall) taking place in 1642 under Tokugawa Iemitsu.

See Benchō and Enryaku-ji

Hōnen

was the religious reformer and progenitor of the first independent branch of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism called. Benchō and Hōnen are Buddhist patriarchs, Japanese Buddhist clergy, Jōdo-shū Buddhist priests and Kamakura period Buddhist clergy.

See Benchō and Hōnen

Jōdo-shū

, also known as Jōdo Buddhism, is a branch of Pure Land Buddhism derived from the teachings of the Japanese ex-Tendai monk Hōnen.

See Benchō and Jōdo-shū

Kōsai

was a former monk of the Tendai Buddhist sect and controversial disciple of Hōnen who advocated the that led to his public censure, his later expulsion by Hōnen and eventual exile to Shikoku. Benchō and Kōsai are Japanese Buddhist clergy, Jōdo-shū Buddhist priests and Kamakura period Buddhist clergy.

See Benchō and Kōsai

Kyushu

is the third-largest island of Japan's four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa).

See Benchō and Kyushu

Nianfo

The Nianfo, alternatively in Japanese as,, or in niệm Phật, is a Buddhist practice central to the tradition of Pure Land Buddhism, though not exclusive to it.

See Benchō and Nianfo

Pure land

Pure Land is the concept of a celestial realm of a buddha or bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism where many Buddhists aspire to be reborn.

See Benchō and Pure land

Shōkū

, sometimes called, was a disciple of Hōnen, founder of the Jōdo-shū Buddhist sect. Benchō and Shōkū are Jōdo-shū Buddhist priests and Kamakura period Buddhist clergy.

See Benchō and Shōkū

Tendai

, also known as the Tendai Lotus School (天台法華宗 Tendai hokke shū, sometimes just "hokke shū"), is a Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition with significant esoteric elements that was officially established in Japan in 806 by the Japanese monk Saichō (posthumously known as Dengyō Daishi).

See Benchō and Tendai

Zendō-ji (Kurume)

Zendō-ji (善導寺), also called Daihonzan Zendō-ji (大本山 善導寺) is a Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

See Benchō and Zendō-ji (Kurume)

See also

1162 births

1238 deaths

Buddhist patriarchs

Jōdo-shū Buddhist priests

References

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

Also known as Bencho, Shoko (Buddhist).