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Gyōki

Index Gyōki

was a Japanese Buddhist priest of the Nara period, born in Ōtori county, Kawachi Province (now Sakai, Osaka), the son of Koshi no Saichi. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 25 relations: Asuka-dera, Bodhisattva, Bodhisena, Buddhism, Cadastre, Chikurin-ji, Civil engineer, Dōshō, East Asian Yogācāra, Ikoma, Nara, Imperial Court in Kyoto, Infrastructure, Kansai region, Kawachi Province, Kyoto, Nara period, Sakai, Sōkan, Shōsōin, Tōdai-ji, Tendai, Upāsaka, Vajra, Yakushi-ji, Yogachara.

  2. 668 births
  3. 749 deaths
  4. 8th-century cartographers
  5. Asuka period Buddhist clergy
  6. Japanese cartographers
  7. Nara period Buddhist clergy

Asuka-dera

, also known as, is a Buddhist temple in Asuka, Nara.

See Gyōki and Asuka-dera

Bodhisattva

In Buddhism, a bodhisattva (English:; translit) or bodhisatva is a person who is on the path towards bodhi ('awakening') or Buddhahood.

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Bodhisena

Bodhisena or Bodaisenna (704–760) was an Indian Buddhist scholar and monk known for traveling to Japan and China and establishing the Kegon school, the Japanese transmission of the Huayan school of Chinese Buddhism.

See Gyōki and Bodhisena

Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Cadastre

A cadastre or cadaster is a comprehensive recording of the real estate or real property's metes-and-bounds of a country.

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Chikurin-ji

Tomb of Gyoki Old Main Hall Chikurin-ji (竹林寺) is a Buddhist temple in Ikoma, Nara, Japan.

See Gyōki and Chikurin-ji

Civil engineer

A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructure that may have been neglected.

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Dōshō

was a Japanese monk credited with playing an influential role in the founding of Buddhism in Japan. Gyōki and Dōshō are Asuka period Buddhist clergy and Japanese Buddhist clergy.

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East Asian Yogācāra

East Asian Yogācāra refers to the traditions in East Asia which developed out of the Indian Buddhist Yogācāra (lit. "yogic practice") systems (also known as Vijñānavāda, "the doctrine of consciousness" or Cittamātra, "mind-only").

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Ikoma, Nara

is a city in the northwestern end of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Imperial Court in Kyoto

The Imperial Court in Kyoto was the nominal ruling government of Japan from 794 AD until the Meiji period (1868–1912), after which the court was moved from Kyoto (formerly Heian-kyō) to Tokyo (formerly Edo) and integrated into the Meiji government.

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Infrastructure

Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function.

See Gyōki and Infrastructure

Kansai region

The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū.

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Kawachi Province

was a province of Japan in the eastern part of modern Osaka Prefecture.

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Kyoto

Kyoto (Japanese: 京都, Kyōto), officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu.

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Nara period

The of the history of Japan covers the years from 710 to 794.

See Gyōki and Nara period

Sakai

is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

See Gyōki and Sakai

Sōkan

This is an article on Buddhist rankings.

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Shōsōin

The is the treasure house of Tōdai-ji Temple in Nara, Japan.

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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.

See Gyōki and Tōdai-ji

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).

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Upāsaka

Upāsaka (masculine) or Upāsikā (feminine) are from the Sanskrit and Pāli words for "attendant".

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Vajra

The Vajra is a legendary and ritualistic tool, symbolizing the properties of a diamond (indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (irresistible force).

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Yakushi-ji

is one of the most famous imperial and ancient Buddhist temples in Japan, and was once one of the Seven Great Temples of Nanto, located in Nara.

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Yogachara

Yogachara (योगाचार, IAST) is an influential tradition of Buddhist philosophy and psychology emphasizing the study of cognition, perception, and consciousness through the interior lens of meditation, as well as philosophical reasoning (hetuvidyā).

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See also

668 births

749 deaths

8th-century cartographers

Asuka period Buddhist clergy

Japanese cartographers

Nara period Buddhist clergy

References

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

Also known as Gyoki.