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Myōe

Index Myōe

(February 21, 1173 – February 11, 1232) was a Japanese Buddhist monk active during the Kamakura period who also went by the name Kōben (高弁, Chinese: 高辨, Gāo Biàn). [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 57 relations: Agency for Cultural Affairs, Amitābha, Arida District, Wakayama, Arida, Wakayama, Aridagawa, Wakayama, Bhikkhu, Bodhicitta, Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra, Buddhism in Japan, Cenotaph, Edo period, Eisai, Emperor Takakura, Enlightenment in Buddhism, Harvard University Asia Center, Hōnen, Huayan, Japan, Japanese calligraphy, Japanese Zen, Jōkei (monk), Jingo-ji, Kamakura period, Kami, Kasuga-taisha, Kōzan-ji, Kūkai, Keisei (monk), Kii Province, Kusha-shū, Kyoto, Mahayana, Mandala, Mantra of Light, Mongaku, Monuments of Japan, Nianfo, Nichiren, Ninna-ji, Oracle, Pure land, Pure Land Buddhism, Schools of Buddhism, Senchakushū, Shingon Buddhism, Shinran, Siddhaṃ script, Sukhavati, Sutra, Tatami, ... Expand index (7 more) »

  2. 1173 births
  3. 1232 deaths
  4. Japanese diarists
  5. Japanese philosophers
  6. Kegon Buddhists

Agency for Cultural Affairs

The is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

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Amitābha

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

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Arida District, Wakayama

is a district located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.

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Arida, Wakayama

Panoramic view of Arida Aerial photograph of Arida City center is a city in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.

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Aridagawa, Wakayama

Aragijima rice terraces is a town located in Arida District, in central Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.

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Bhikkhu

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

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Bodhicitta

In Mahayana Buddhism, bodhicitta, ("enlightenment-mind" or "the thought of awakening"), is the mind (citta) that is aimed at awakening (bodhi), with wisdom and compassion for the benefit of all sentient beings.

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Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra

The Buddhāvataṃsaka-nāma-mahā­vaipulya-sūtra (The Mahāvaipulya Sūtra named "Buddhāvataṃsaka") is one of the most influential Mahāyāna sutras of East Asian Buddhism.

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Buddhism in Japan

Buddhism was first established in Japan in the 6th century CE.

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Cenotaph

A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere.

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Edo period

The, also known as the, is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.

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Eisai

was a Japanese Buddhist priest, credited with founding the Rinzai school, the Japanese line of the Linji school of Zen Buddhism. Myōe and Eisai are Japanese Buddhist clergy and Kamakura period Buddhist clergy.

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Emperor Takakura

was the 80th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.

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Enlightenment in Buddhism

The English term enlightenment is the Western translation of various Buddhist terms, most notably bodhi and vimutti.

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Harvard University Asia Center

The Harvard University Asia Center is an interdisciplinary research and education unit of Harvard University, established on July 1, 1997, with the goal of "driving varied programs focusing on international relations in Asia and comparative studies of Asian countries and regions (...) and supplementing other Asia-related programs and institutes and the University and providing a focal point for interaction and exchange on topics of common interest for the Harvard community and Asian intellectual, political, and business circles," according to its charter.

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Hōnen

was the religious reformer and progenitor of the first independent branch of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism called. Myōe and Hōnen are Japanese Buddhist clergy and Kamakura period Buddhist clergy.

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Huayan

The Huayan school of Buddhism (Wade–Giles: Hua-Yen, "Flower Garland," from the Sanskrit "Avataṃsaka") is a Mahayana Buddhist tradition that developed in China during the Tang dynasty (618-907).

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Japanese calligraphy

, also called, is a form of calligraphy, or artistic writing, of the Japanese language.

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Japanese Zen

Japanese Zen refers to the Japanese forms of Zen Buddhism, an originally Chinese Mahāyāna school of Buddhism that strongly emphasizes dhyāna, the meditative training of awareness and equanimity.

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Jōkei (monk)

(1155–1213) was an influential Buddhist scholar-monk and reformer of the East Asian Yogācāra sect in Japan, posthumously known as. Myōe and Jōkei (monk) are Kamakura period Buddhist clergy.

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Jingo-ji

is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto.

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Kamakura period

The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans.

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Kami

are the deities, divinities, spirits, mythological, spiritual, or natural phenomena that are venerated in the Shinto religion.

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Kasuga-taisha

is a Shinto shrine in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

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Kōzan-ji

, officially, is a Buddhist temple of the Omuro sect of Shingon Buddhism in Umegahata Toganōchō, Ukyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan.

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Kūkai

Kūkai (空海; 27 July 774 – 22 April 835Kūkai was born in 774, the 5th year of the Hōki era; his exact date of birth was designated as the fifteenth day of the sixth month of the Japanese lunar calendar, some 400 years later, by the Shingon sect (Hakeda, 1972 p. 14). Accordingly, Kūkai's birthday is commemorated on June 15 in modern times. Myōe and Kūkai are Japanese Buddhist clergy and Japanese philosophers.

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Keisei (monk)

Keisei (1189–1268) was a Japanese Buddhist priest of the Tendai sect. Myōe and Keisei (monk) are Japanese Buddhist clergy and Kamakura period Buddhist clergy.

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Kii Province

, or, was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is today Wakayama Prefecture, as well as the southern part of Mie Prefecture.

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Kusha-shū

The was one of the six schools of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Asuka and Nara periods.

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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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Mahayana

Mahāyāna is a term for a broad group of Buddhist traditions, texts, philosophies, and practices developed in ancient India (onwards).

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Mandala

A mandala (circle) is a geometric configuration of symbols.

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Mantra of Light

The Mantra of Light (Japanese: kōmyō shingon, 光明眞言, Sanskrit: Prabhāsa-mantra), also called the Mantra of the Light of Great Consecration (Ch: 大灌頂光真言) and Mantra of the Unfailing Rope Snare, is an important mantra of the Shingon and Kegon sects of Japanese Buddhism.

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Mongaku

Mongaku (文覚) was a Japanese samurai and Shingon Buddhist priest of the late Heian and early Kamakura period.

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Monuments of Japan

is a collective term used by the Japanese government's Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties to denote Cultural Properties of JapanIn this article, capitals indicate an official designation as opposed to a simple definition, e.g "Cultural Properties" as opposed to "cultural properties".

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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.

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Nichiren

Nichiren (16 February 1222 – 13 October 1282) was a Japanese Buddhist priest and philosopher of the Kamakura period. Myōe and Nichiren are Kamakura period Buddhist clergy.

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Ninna-ji

is the head temple of the Omuro school of the Shingon Sect of Buddhism.

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Oracle

An oracle is a person or thing considered to provide insight, wise counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the future, inspired by deities.

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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.

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Pure Land Buddhism

Pure Land Buddhism or Pure Land School (translit;; Tịnh độ tông; also known as Amidism) is a broad branch of Mahayana Buddhism focused on achieving rebirth in a Pure Land.

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Schools of Buddhism

The schools of Buddhism are the various institutional and doctrinal divisions of Buddhism that have existed from ancient times up to the present.

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Senchakushū

The, abbreviated to Senchakushū, is the magnum opus of Hōnen, founder of the Jōdo-shū school of Japanese Pure Land 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 Asian Buddhism.

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Shinran

Popular Buddhism in Japan: Shin Buddhist Religion & Culture by Esben Andreasen, pp. Myōe and Shinran are 1173 births, Japanese Buddhist clergy and Kamakura period Buddhist clergy.

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Siddhaṃ script

(also), also known in its later evolved form as Siddhamātṛkā, is a medieval Brahmic abugida, derived from the Gupta script and ancestral to the Nāgarī, Eastern Nagari, Tirhuta, Odia and Nepalese scripts.

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Sukhavati

Sukhavati (IAST: Sukhāvatī; "Blissful") is the pure land of Amitābha in Mahayana Buddhism.

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Sutra

Sutra (translation)Monier Williams, Sanskrit English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Entry for, page 1241 in Indian literary traditions refers to an aphorism or a collection of aphorisms in the form of a manual or, more broadly, a condensed manual or text.

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Tatami

Tatami (畳) are types of mat used as flooring material in traditional Japanese-style rooms.

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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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Three Ages of Buddhism

The Three Ages of Buddhism, also known as the Three Ages of the Dharma, are three divisions of time following Shakyamuni Buddha's death and passing into Nirvana in East Asian Buddhism.

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Upaya

In Buddhism, upaya (Sanskrit: उपाय,, expedient means, pedagogy) is an aspect of guidance along the Buddhist paths to liberation where a conscious, voluntary action "is driven by an incomplete reasoning" about its direction.

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Waka (poetry)

is a type of poetry in classical Japanese literature.

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Yamashiro Province

was a province of Japan, located in Kinai.

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Yuasa, Wakayama

is a town located in Arida District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.

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Zazen

Zazen is a meditative discipline that is typically the primary practice of the Zen Buddhist tradition.

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See also

1173 births

1232 deaths

Japanese diarists

Japanese philosophers

Kegon Buddhists

References

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

Also known as Koben, Myoe.

, Tōdai-ji, Three Ages of Buddhism, Upaya, Waka (poetry), Yamashiro Province, Yuasa, Wakayama, Zazen.