Tendai itu apa sih?

adalah sebuah aliran Buddha Mahayana di Jepang, sebuah turunan dari aliran Tiantai atau Sutra Teratai di Tiongkok.

Pengajaran Tiantai pertama kali dibawa ke Jepang oleh biarawan Tiongkok Ganjin (鑑眞) pada pertengahan abad ke-8

Chappell, David W. (1987). 'Is Tendai Buddhism Relevant to the Modern World?', Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 1987 14/2-3, pp 247-266.

Covell, Stephen (2001). "Living Temple Buddhism in Contemporary Japan: The Tendai Sect Today", Comparative Religion Publications. Paper 1. (Dissertation, Western Michigan University)

Groner, Paul. Saicho: The Establishment of the Japanese Tendai School. University of Hawaii Press 2000.

Matsunaga, Daigan; Matsunaga, Alicia (1996), Foundation of Japanese Buddhism, Vol. 1: The Aristocratic Age, Los Angeles; Tokyo: Buddhist Books International. ISBN 0-914910-26-4

Matsunaga, Daigan, Matsunaga, Alicia (1996), Foundation of Japanese Buddhism, Vol. 2: The Mass Movement (Kamakura and Muromachi Periods), Los Angeles; Tokyo: Buddhist Books International, 1996. ISBN 0-914910-28-0

McMullin, Neil (1984). The Sanmon-Jimon Schism in the Tendai School of Buddhism: A Preliminary Analysis, Journal of the International Association of Budddhist Studies 7 (1), 83-105

Stone Jacqueline 1999. Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, HI, ISBN 0-8248-2026-6.

Swanson, Paul L. (1986). T'ien-t'ai Studies in Japan, Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 2 (2), 219-232

Ziporyn, Brook (2004). Tiantai School in Encyclopedia of Buddhism, Robert E. Buswell, Ed., McMillan USA, New York, NY, ISBN 0-02-865910-4.