Which Japanese sect is part of Mahayana Buddhism?
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Rinzai school The Rinzai school (臨済宗 ; 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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Zen Zen () is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty as Chan Buddhism. Zen school was strongly influenced by Taoism and developed as a distinct school of Chinese Buddhism. From China, Chan Buddhism spread south to Vietnam, northeast to Korea and east to Japan, where it became known as Japanese Zen.
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Mutsu Kokubun-niji Mutsu Kokubun-niji (陸奥国分尼寺 ) is a Buddhist temple in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Japan, belonging to the Sōtō Zen sect, and is the is the provincial convent ("kokubun-niji") of former Mutsu Province. The grounds of the temple are a National Historic Site.
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Amitayurdhyana Sutra The Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra (Sanskrit; ) is a Mahayana sutra in Pure Land Buddhism, a branch of Mahāyāna Buddhism. It is one of the three principle Pure Land sutras along with the "Infinite Life Sutra" and the "Amitabha Sutra". Amitāyus is another name for the buddha Amitābha, the preeminent figure in Pure Land Buddhism, and this sūtra focuses mainly on meditations involving complex visualization. This is reflected in the name of the sūtra, which translates to the "Amitāyus Meditation Sūtra."
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East Asian religions In the study of comparative religion, the East Asian religions (also known as Far Eastern religions or Taoic religions) form a subset of the Eastern religions. This group includes Confucianism, Shinto, Taoism, and elements of Mahayana Buddhism; as well as new religious movements such as I-Kuan Tao (Yiguandao), Chen Tao, Cao Đài, Hòa Hảo, Chondogyo, and Jeung San Do.
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Sōtō Sōtō Zen or the Sōtō school (曹洞宗 , Sōtō-shū ) is the largest of the three traditional sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism (the others being Rinzai and Ōbaku). It is the Japanese line of the Chinese Cáodòng school, which was founded during the Tang Dynasty by Dòngshān Liánjiè. It emphasizes Shikantaza, meditation with no objects, anchors, or content. The meditator strives to be aware of the stream of thoughts, allowing them to arise and pass away without interference.
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Lotus Sutra The Lotus Sūtra (Sanskrit: "Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra ", literally "Sūtra on the White Lotus of the Sublime Dharma" ) is one of the most popular and influential Mahayana sutras, and the basis on which the Tiantai, Tendai, Cheontae, and Nichiren schools of Buddhism were established. According to Paul Williams, "For many East Asian Buddhists since early times the Lotus Sutra contains the final teaching of the Buddha, complete and sufficient for salvation."
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Buddhist Churches of America The Buddhist Churches of America or American Buddhist Church(es) (美国佛教会 or 美國佛教會 , Beikoku Bukkyōdan ) is the United States branch of the Nishi Honganji subsect of Jōdo Shinshū ("True Pure Land School") Buddhism. Jōdo Shinshū is also popularly known as "Shin Buddhism". The B.C.A. is one of several overseas "kyōdan" ("districts") belonging to the Nishi ("Western") Honganji. The other "kyōdan" are the Philippines, Hawaiʻ i, Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Temples of Canada, and Europe. Their headquarters is at 1710 Octavia Street, San Francisco, California, near San Francisco's Japantown. It is the second-oldest Buddhist organization in the United States.
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Sutrayana Sūtrayāna, (Sanskrit) is the Indo-Tibetan three-fold classification of yanas. A yana is a Buddhist mode of practice that leads to the realization of emptiness. The three yanas of the Sutrayana are Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. The third yana, Vajrayana, comprises Tantrayana and Dzogchen.
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Hibutsu Hibutsu (秘仏 , "hidden Buddhas") are Japanese Buddhist icons or statues concealed from public view. "Hibutsu" are generally located within Buddhist temples in shrines called "zushi" (厨子 , "miniature shrines") . They are generally unavailable for viewing or worship, although they are brought out for specific religious ceremonies; it is also possible in some cases for the "hibutsu" to be viewed in exchange for an offering to the temple. Certain "hibutsu", such as the wooden statue of Gautama Buddha at Seiryō-ji or the Amida statuary at Zenkō-ji, are almost never displayed, even to initiates of the temples in which they are held (such examples are known as "zettai hibutsu"). Others are put on public display only rarely, in a ceremony called "kaichō" (開帳 , "opening the curtain") .
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Eihei-ji Eihei-ji (永平寺 ) is one of two main temples of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism, the largest single religious denomination in Japan (by number of temples in a single legal entity). Eihei-ji is located about 15 km east of Fukui in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. In English, its name means "temple of eternal peace" (in Japanese, 'ei' means "eternal", 'hei' means "peaceful", and 'ji' means "Buddhist temple").
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Yongmyongsa Yŏngmyŏng Temple was a Korean Buddhist temple located at the foot of Moranbong hill in Pyongyang, North Korea. Prior to its destruction in the Korean War, it was the largest and most important center of Buddhist worship in that city. Though it is unknown when the temple was founded, popular tales date it to the end of the Goguryeo kingdom. The temple was completely rebuilt under the Joseon dynasty. Under the Japanese occupation of Korea, the temple became a major tourist site in Pyongyang it was renowned for its beautiful riverside location and many cherry trees. In the 1920s it again underwent an extensive restoration funded by the Japanese government, who also officially changed its name to its Japanese pronunciation, "Eimei-ji". During that time, the temple was also confiscated from by the government, and given for use as a headquarters for the Rinzai sect of Japanese Zen Buddhism. The Rinzai monks were tasked with converting the citizens away from traditional Korean Buddhism as part of a government program to replace the old Korean culture with that of modern Japan.
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Gyeyul The Gyeyul () school is the Korean name applied to a branch of Buddhism that specializes in the study of monastic discipline, or Vinaya. The Gyeyul school derives directly from the Indian "Vinaya School". .
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Diamond Sutra The Diamond Sūtra (Sanskrit:Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra) is a Mahāyāna (Buddhist) sūtra from the Prajñāpāramitā, or "Perfection of Wisdom" genre, and emphasizes the practice of non-abiding and non-attachment. The Diamond Sutra is one of the most influential Mahayana sutras in East Asia, and is a key object of devotion and study in Zen Buddhism.
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Tiantai Tiantai () is a school of Buddhism in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam that reveres the "Lotus Sutra" as the highest teaching in Buddhism. In Japan the school is known as Tendai, in Korea as Cheontae, and in Vietnam as "Thiên thai".
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Enshō-ji (Nara) Enshō-ji (圓照寺 or 円照寺 ) is a Buddhist temple complex in Nara founded by Queen Bunchi, daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo, in 1656. Together with Chūgū-ji and Hokke-ji, it is considered one of the Three Yamato "Monzeki" (大和三門跡), or imperial temples, belonging to the Myōshin-ji school of Rinzai Zen.
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Japanese new religions Japanese new religions are new religious movements established in Japan. In Japanese they are called shinshūkyō (新宗教 ) or shinkō shūkyō (新興宗教 ) . Japanese scholars classify all religious organizations founded since the middle of the 19th century as "new religions"; thus, the term refers to a great diversity and number of organizations. Most came into being in the mid-to-late twentieth century and are influenced by much older traditional religions including Shinto, Buddhism, and Hinduism. Western influences include Christianity, the Bible and the writings of Nostradamus.
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Provincial temple Kokubun-ji (国分寺 ) were Buddhist temples established in each of the provinces of Japan by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794). Shōmu (701 – 756?) decreed both a "kokubun-ji" for monks and a "kokubunni-ji" (国分尼寺 ) for nuns to be established in each province. Tōdai-ji, the provincial temple of Yamato Province, served as the head of all "kokubun-ji", and Hokke-ji held that duty for the "kokubunni-ji". The words "kokubun-ji" and "kokubunni-ji" gave rise to many place names still in use today, including:
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Buddhism Buddhism ( or ) is a religion and dharma that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. Buddhism originated in Ancient India sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE, from where it spread through much of Asia, whereafter it declined in India during the Middle Ages. Two major extant branches of Buddhism are generally recognized by scholars: Theravada (Pali: "The School of the Elders") and Mahayana (Sanskrit: "The Great Vehicle"). Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion, with over 520 million followers or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.
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Mōtsū-ji Mōtsū-ji (毛越寺 ) is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect in the town of Hiraizumi in southern Iwate Prefecture], Japan, and also refers to the historic area surrounding it containing the ruins of two older temples, Enryū-ji (圓隆寺) and Kashō-ji (嘉祥寺) in a Jōdo (Pure Land) garden. The current temple was built in the 18th century and bears no relation to the ancient temple structures that once stood here. In June 2011, Mōtsū-ji was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as "Historic Monuments and Sites of Hiraizumi".
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Hongan-ji Hongan-ji (本願寺 , Temple of the Primal Vow ) , also archaically romanized as Hongwanji, is the collective name of the largest school of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism (which further sub-divides into the Nishi and Higashi branches). 'Hongan-ji' may also refer to any one of several actual temple buildings associated with the sect.
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Shinbutsu-shūgō Shinbutsu-shūgō (神仏習合 literally "syncretism of kami and buddhas"), also called Shinbutsu-konkō (神仏混淆 literally jumbling up or contamination of kami and buddhas), is the syncretism of Buddhism and kami worship that was Japan's only organized religion up until the Meiji period. Beginning in 1868, the new Meiji government approved a series of laws that separated Japanese native kami worship, on one side, from Buddhism which had assimilated it, on the other.