of several Emperors, Kūkai was able to preach Shingon teachings and found Shingon temples. Like other influential monks, Kūkai oversaw public works and...
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Shingon Buddhism (category Kūkai)
named Kūkai (空海, 774–835), who traveled to Tang China and received these esoteric transmissions from a Chinese master named Huiguo (746–805). Kūkai established...
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Characters of Xenosaga (redirect from Gaignun Kukai)
from the Ω System. At the end of Episode II, he is to be stationed at the Kukai Foundation and remain on call as a bodyguard for M.O.M.O. Voiced by (English):...
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(南岳山). It was founded by Kūkai in 806, making it the oldest Shingon temple on the island of Kyushu. According to tradition, Kūkai or Kobo-daishi set up this...
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Xenosaga (redirect from Kukai Foundation)
space-time anomaly. Key organizations include the Federation government; the Kukai Foundation, a group that acts as a shelter for enhanced humans including...
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Portraits of Seven Shingon Patriarchs (category Kūkai)
scrolls depicting the Masters of Chinese Esoteric Buddhism. Commissioned by Kūkai in 806 as the "Eighth Master" of Shingon Buddhism, after his abhisheka under...
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Saichō (section Relationship with Kūkai)
several other young monks, one of whom was Kūkai. During their time in China, Saichō developed a friendship with Kūkai, and they traveled together both to and...
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was transmitted to Japan by Kūkai (774–835), who founded the Japanese Shingon (Japanese for Zhēnyán) mantra vehicle. Kūkai saw a mantra as a manifestation...
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lineage of Vajrayana transmitted to Japan, primarily in the early Heian by Kūkai, and to a later extent by Saichō and his successors such as Ennin. It consists...
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Japanese Buddhism Japanese Zen Sōtō school Dogen Rinzai school Eisai Shingon Kukai Japanese Confucianism Fujiwara Seika Hayashi Razan Nakae Tōju Itō Jinsai...
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Tō-ji (category Kūkai)
southwest of Kyōto Station. Tō-ji is often associated with Kōbō Daishi (Kūkai). Though Tō-ji began to decline at the end of the Heian period, it came...
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in Japan. His book on Kūkai, The Weaving of Mantra: Kūkai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse, underscores Kūkai's impact on 9th-century...
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The Iroha (いろは) is a Japanese poem. Originally the poem was attributed to Kūkai, the founder of Shingon Buddhism, but more modern research has found the...
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befriended the Japanese monk Kūkai, future founder of Shingon Buddhism, during his pilgrimage to China. He is said to have helped Kūkai learn and understand Sanskrit...
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(1999). The Weaving of Mantra: Kūkai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse. Hakeda, Yoshito (1972). Kūkai: Major Works, Translated, with...
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Japanese monks Kūkai, Ennin and Enchin, Korean monks Huiri (惠日) and Wuzhen (悟真) and Indonesian monk Bianhong (辩弘). Especially the Japanese monk Kūkai, who brought...
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the sokushinbutsu ascetic practices of Shugendō were likely inspired by Kūkai, the founder of Shingon Buddhism, who ended his life by reducing and then...
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List of Shugo Chara! characters (redirect from Kukai Soma)
Kōki Miyata. Kukai Soma (相馬 空海, Sōma Kūkai) Kukai Soma is the upbeat and energetic Jack's Chair of the Guardians. One year senior to Amu, Kukai helps Amu...
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with the qualities of Gautama Buddha, he is able to purify transgressions. Kūkai, the founder of Shingon Buddhism, met a famous monk who is said to have...
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Okunoin (section Kūkai's mausoleum)
in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Opened in 835, it houses the mausoleum of Kūkai, founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism. It is considered the...
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a multi-site pilgrimage of 88 temples associated with the Buddhist monk Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi) on the island of Shikoku, Japan. A popular and distinctive...
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Mantra: Kûkai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse. Columbia University Press. pp. 353–354. ISBN 978-0-231-52887-0. "Myōe as Kūkai: The Buddhalocani...
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studied esoteric Buddhism under Kūkai, the founder of the Shingon school. Saichō borrowed esoteric texts from Kūkai for copying and they also exchanged...
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Legend of the Demon Cat (category Kūkai)
secret to life without sorrow. Huang Xuan as Bai Letian Shōta Sometani as Kūkai Kitty Zhang as Chunqin Qin Hao as Chen Yunqiao Hiroshi Abe as Abe no Nakamaro...
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by the monk Kūkai. Shingon Buddhism emphasizes the use of symbols, rituals, incantations and mandalas, which gave it a wide appeal. Kūkai greatly impressed...
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Heian-period Buddhist priest Kūkai, a native of present-day Zentsūji-cho in Kagawa prefecture. According to legend, Kūkai still appears to pilgrims today...
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by Kūkai between 810 and 824 AD, and possibly sits on the site of a former temple called Iinuma-ji. According to tradition, in this period Kūkai built...
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others. Later Buddhist monks, including Kūkai and Saichō received their ordination here as well. During Kūkai's administration of the Sōgō, additional...
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Japanese mythology. According to Japanese Buddhist tradition, the priest Kūkai made Zennyo Ryūō appear in 824 AD during a famous rainmaking contest at...
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tradition was transported to Japan as Tendai and Shingon Buddhism by Saichō and Kūkai, as well as influencing Korean Buddhism and Vietnamese Buddhism. The Song...
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