47 relations: Amitābha, Ōnin War, Bhaisajyaguru, Blue Cliff Record, Bodhidharma, Chinese characters, East Asian rainy season, East Asian Yogācāra, Edo period, Glossary of Japanese Buddhism, Gyōki, Haiku, Hōnen, Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities), Homophone, Inshō Dōmoto, International reply coupon, Iwakura Tomomi, Japan, Japanese garden, Japanese rock garden, Jirō Osaragi, Kūkai, Kyoshi Takahama, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments, Matsunoo-taisha, Monuments of Japan, Moss, Musō Soseki, Nara period, Pagoda, Postcard, Pottery, Prince Shōtoku, Pure Land Buddhism, Rinzai school, Sen Shōan, Sutra, Sutra copying, Temple, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, UNESCO, World Heritage site, Zazen, Zen.
Amitābha
Amitābha, also known as Amida or Amitāyus, is a celestial buddha according to the scriptures of Mahayana Buddhism.
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Ōnin War
The was a civil war that lasted from 1467 to 1477, during the Muromachi period in Japan.
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Bhaisajyaguru
Bhaiṣajyaguru, formally Bhaiṣajya-guru-vaiḍūrya-prabhā-rāja ("King of Medicine Master and Lapis Lazuli Light"), is the Buddha of healing and medicine in Mahāyāna Buddhism.
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Blue Cliff Record
The Blue Cliff Record is a collection of Chán (Zen) Buddhist koans originally compiled in China during the Song dynasty in 1125 (in the time of Emperor Huizong), and then expanded into its present form by the Chán master Yuanwu Keqin (1063–1135).K. Sekida, Two Zen Classics (1977) p. 18-20 The book includes Yuanwu's annotations and commentary on 100 Verses on Old Cases (頌古百則), a compilation of 100 koans collected by Xuedou Chongxian (980–1052; 雪竇重顯). Xuedou selected 82 of these from the Transmission of the Lamp, with the remainder selected from the Yunmen Guanglu (雲門廣録, Extensive Record of Yunmen Wenyan, 864–949).
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Bodhidharma
Bodhidharma was a Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century.
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Chinese characters
Chinese characters are logograms primarily used in the writing of Chinese and Japanese.
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East Asian rainy season
The East Asian rainy season, commonly called the plum rain (затяжные), is caused by precipitation along a persistent stationary front known as the Mei-Yu front for nearly two months during the late spring and early summer between eastern Russia, China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan.
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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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Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyō.
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Glossary of Japanese Buddhism
This is the glossary of Japanese Buddhism, including major terms the casual (or brand-new) reader might find useful in understanding articles on the subject.
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Gyōki
(668–749) was a Japanese Buddhist priest of the Nara period, born in Ōtori county, Kawachi Province (now Sakai, Osaka), the son of Koshi no Saichi.
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Haiku
(plural haiku) is a very short Japan poem with seventeen syllables and three verses.
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Hōnen
was the religious reformer and founder of the first independent branch of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism called.
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Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
The UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) encompasses 17 locations in Japan within the city of Kyoto and its immediate vicinity.
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Homophone
A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same (to varying extent) as another word but differs in meaning.
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Inshō Dōmoto
was a Japanese Nihonga artist.
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International reply coupon
An international reply coupon (IRC) is a coupon that can be exchanged for one or more postage stamps representing the minimum postage for an unregistered priority airmail letter of up to twenty grams sent to another Universal Postal Union (UPU) member country.
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Iwakura Tomomi
was a Japanese statesman during the Bakumatsu and Meiji period.
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Japan
Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.
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Japanese garden
are traditional gardens whose designs are accompanied by Japanese aesthetic and philosophical ideas, avoid artificial ornamentation, and highlight the natural landscape.
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Japanese rock garden
The or "dry landscape" garden, often called a zen garden, creates a miniature stylized landscape through carefully composed arrangements of rocks, water features, moss, pruned trees and bushes, and uses gravel or sand that is raked to represent ripples in water.
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Jirō Osaragi
was the pen-name of a popular Japanese writer in Shōwa period Japan, known primarily for his historical fiction novels, which appeared serialized in newspapers and magazines.
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Kūkai
Kūkai (空海), also known posthumously as, 774–835, was a Japanese Buddhist monk, civil servant, scholar, poet, and artist who founded the Shingon or "True Word" school of Buddhism.
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Kyoshi Takahama
was a Japanese poet active during the Shōwa period of Japan.
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Kyoto
, officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, located in the Kansai region of Japan.
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Kyoto Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan in the Kansai region of the island of Honshu.
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List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments
To protect Japan's cultural heritage, the country's government selects through the Agency for Cultural Affairs important items and designates them as Cultural Properties under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties.
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Matsunoo-taisha
, formerly is a Shinto shrine located at the far western end of Shijo Street, approximately 1.3 kilometers south of the Arashiyama district of Kyoto, Japan.
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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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Moss
Mosses are small flowerless plants that typically grow in dense green clumps or mats, often in damp or shady locations.
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Musō Soseki
was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk and teacher, and a calligraphist, poet and garden designer.
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Nara period
The of the history of Japan covers the years from AD 710 to 794.
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Pagoda
A pagoda is a tiered tower with multiple eaves, built in traditions originating as stupa in historic South Asia and further developed in East Asia or with respect to those traditions, common to Nepal, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka and other parts of Asia.
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Postcard
A postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended for writing and mailing without an envelope.
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Pottery
Pottery is the ceramic material which makes up pottery wares, of which major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain.
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Prince Shōtoku
, also known as or, was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko.
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Pure Land Buddhism
Pure Land Buddhism (浄土仏教 Jōdo bukkyō; Korean:; Tịnh Độ Tông), also referred to as Amidism in English, is a broad branch of Mahayana Buddhism and one of the most widely practiced traditions of Buddhism in East Asia.
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Rinzai school
The Rinzai school (Japanese: Rinzai-shū, Chinese: 临济宗 línjì zōng) is one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism (with Sōtō and Ōbaku).
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Sen Shōan
(1546 – October 10, 1614) was a Japanese tea ceremony master, and is distinguished in Japanese cultural history as the second generation in the Sen family tradition of Japanese tea ceremony founded by his father-in-law, Sen no Rikyū.
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Sutra
A sutra (Sanskrit: IAST: sūtra; Pali: sutta) is a religious discourse (teaching) in text form originating from the spiritual traditions of India, particularly Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
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Sutra copying
Sutra copying is the East Asian practice of hand-copying Buddhist sutras.
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Temple
A temple (from the Latin word templum) is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice.
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Ukyō-ku, Kyoto
is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.
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World Heritage site
A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.
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Zazen
Zazen (literally "seated meditation"; 座禅;, pronounced) is a meditative discipline that is typically the primary practice of the Zen Buddhist tradition.
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Zen
Zen (p; translit) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty as Chan Buddhism.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saihō-ji_(Kyoto)