Talk:Tendai

message: I deleted the Tendai-Sangha-America Website as the site is dead.
I deleted the link to the Blue Lotus Assembly as per their own website:
"Blue Lotus Assembly is a distinctly American order, operating under its own authority, autonomous and self-directing in its organization and charter, but members enjoy a connection to long-established Japanese and Tibetan “esoteric mountain practice” root precedents."
Given that this assembly is a "distinctly American Order" and has no ties to Tendai buddhism other than this connection to long-established Tibetan and Japanese roots I have removed it from the external links leaving only those links to verifiable Tendai priests/websites.  Additionally, this site is not listed under Tibetan Buddhism as an external link so I am unsure as to how it is fitting to list it here.
I have added the link to www.buddhadendo.org as it is also a verifiable Tendai Priest/group in California.
I'm adding the link to Blue Lotus Assembly, as Stephen Hayes is a verifiable Tendai Priest, and the Blue Lotus Assembly is teaching authentic Tendai practices. While it might not be affiliated with Hieizan... frankly, neither is Buddhadendo, so I think this is probably okay. Jikaku 01:48, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
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message: ennybody wanna add a "Teachings" section to this?  Any ignorant attempt by me to distinguish tendai from the other 'leventy-seven sects would no doubt offend someone...   :-)
:Well, the teachings of the Tendai sect are essentially identical to those of the Tientai- I'd suggest that the best course of action is to focus efforts on expanding the Tientai article, and use the Tendai article only to illustrate areas where practice and teaching in Japan varied significantly from what was done in China.  Unfortunately, I've already reached the end of my half-remembered knowledge from a Chinese Buddhist History class taken three or four years ago. . . --Clay Collier 10:40, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
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message: Can someone explain to me why Tendai is listed here as Mahayana instead of Vajrayana? Every exposure to Tendai which I have had speaks of enlightenment in this lifetime as possible. Doesn't this fall under the "Diamond Thunderbolt" ideals, thus making it a Vajrayanic path?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.168.218.28 (talk) 17:02, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, that idea is not unique to the Vajrayana or Mikkyo at all - it's fairly standard Mahayana doctrine.Jikaku 14:43, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In the Indian context at least, the Mahayana tradition proposes that Buddhahood is a long process taking many kalpas. Furthermore, I've seen Tendai teachers present Tendai explicitly as a Vajrayana path. The use of mantra and mudras would seem to support that assertion. Sylvain1972 20:03, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Vajrayana

message: the introduction to this page seems to really miss the whole idea of summarizing the important points on this page type idea. change it?--makeswell 20:01, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  this page's introduction is subpar 

message: Substituted at 07:48, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment