- Kegon
:"For the Japanese waterfall, see
Kegon Falls ."Kegon (華厳) ( [kegõɴ] , or in some dialects, [keŋõɴ] ) is the name of the Japanese transmission of the
Huayan school ofChinese Buddhism . This transmission occurred through the KoreanHwaeom tradition.Huayan studies were founded in Japan when, in 736, the scholar-priest
Rōben (良辯 or 良弁; originally a monk of the Hossō tradition) invitedShinshō (審祥, also in Japanese "Shinjō", Chinese "Shen-hsiang", Korean "Simsang") to give lectures on the "Avatamsaka Sutra " atKinshōsen-ji (金鐘山寺, also 金鐘寺 "Konshu-ji" or "Kinshō-ji"), the origin of laterTōdai-ji . When the construction ofTōdai-ji was completed, Rōben entered that temple to formally initiate Kegon as a field of study in Japanese Buddhism, and Kegon-shū would become known as one of the "Nanto Rikushū " (南都六宗, lit. The Six Buddhist Sect ofNanto (Nara). Kegon thought was later be popularized in Japan by Myōe (明惠), who combined its doctrines with those ofVajrayana and Gyōnen (凝然), and is most responsible for the establishment of theTōdai-ji lineage of Kegon.ee also
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Buddhism in Japan External links
* Tōdai-ji (Japanese) [http://www.todaiji.or.jp]
* The Japanese Buddhist Schools and Teaching [http://manjushri.acumaestro.com//TEACH/jKegon.htm]
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