Tendai

Tendai (天台宗, Tendai-shū), 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) officially established in Japan in 806 by the Japanese monk Saichō (posthumously known as Dengyō Daishi).Ryuichi Abe. Saichō and Kūkai: A Conflict of Interpretations Ryuichi Abe. Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 1995 22/1-2The Tendai school, which has been based on Mount Hiei since its inception, rose to prominence during the Heian period (794-1185).It gradually eclipsed the powerful Hossō school and competed with the rival Shingon school to become the most influential sect at the Imperial court.

Ngesikhathi sikaKamakura (1185-1333), uTendai wayesephenduke enye yezindlela ezivelele zobuBuddha baseJapane, enamathempeli amaningi kanye nezindawo ezinkulu zokuhlala.Phakathi nenkathi ye-Kamakura, amakholi ahlukahlukene ashiye uTendai (ebona ukuthi ikhohlakele) ukuze asungule izikole zabo "ezintsha" noma " Kamakura " zamaBuddha ezifana Jōdo-shū, Nichiren-shū futhi Sōtō Zen . Ukucekelwa phansi kwethempeli eliyinhloko le- Enryaku-ji ngu- Oda Nobunaga ngo-1571, kanye nokushintshwa kwezindawo zenhloko-dolobha kude ne- Kyoto kuya e- Edo, kwenze buthakathaka ithonya likaTendai. Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan 1334-1615. Stanford: Stanford University Press. p. 284. ISBN 0804705259.

NgesiShayina nesiJapane, igama layo liyafana nethi Tiantai, isikole saso esingabazali sobuBuddha baseShayina .Womabili amasiko agcizelela ukubaluleka kweLotus Sutra futhi ahloniphe izimfundiso zama-patriarch aseTiantai, ikakhulukazi uZhiyi.NgesiNgisi, i- Romanization yaseJapane ihlukanisa izici eziyingqayizivele zesiko lesiJapane.NgokukaHazama Jikō, isici esiyinhloko sikaTendai "ukukhuthaza kwayo ubuBuddha obuphelele...umbono wokuthi zonke izimfundiso zikaBuddha aziphikisani futhi zingahlanganiswa ohlelweni olulodwa oluphelele futhi oluphelele." Hazama Jikō. The Characteristics of Japanese Tendai. Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 1987 14/2-3 

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