GyŌgi
GYŌGI (670–749), born Koshi no Obito, was a Buddhist monk who popularized Japanese Buddhism during the Nara period (710–784). According to the Genkō shakusho, ...
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Honjisuijaku
HONJISUIJAKU is a technical term in Japanese Buddhism that originally designated a theory of emanation pertaining to Shintō and Buddhist divinities. Later, it came to be applied to...
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Jingtu
JINGTU. The Chinese term jingtu ("pure land"), pronounced jōdo in Japanese, refers to the Chinese Buddhist tradition of devotion to Amitābha Buddha in order to be re...
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Buddhism—Japan
Although Buddhism is not the native faith of Japan, any attempt to understand the culture of the archipelago would be futile unless one considers the Buddhist dimension. One shou...
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Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao stressed the importance of
passing down history ''in a proper manner'' in talks with Emperor
Akihito on Thursday, quoting the emperor's remarks in 2005 whi...
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Japanese monks and nuns hit the catwalk in Tokyo on Saturday in a bid to spread Buddhism among younger people in this rapidly aging society.The fashion show opened with a Buddhist prayer set to a h...
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John Safran is out to get God.But not as in "defeat" or "undermine." More like "comprehend" _ but with an audacious, some might even say irreverent, style.This is the premise for a most ungodly doc...
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Nearly four decades after entering California politics, Jerry Brown has reinvented himself yet again, this time as a carbon-fighting attorney general.The former governor, presidential candidate and...
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Gyōgi
Buddhism—Japan
Wen meets Japanese emperor, stresses importance of 'proper' history
