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    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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    from Kūkai, but despite Kūkai's repeated requests he did not return to Takaosan-ji to resume his studies. Their rapport finally terminated when Kūkai harshly...
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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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    (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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    Kukai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-11286-6. PDF online Hakeda, Yoshito S. (1972). Kūkai...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Candrakīrti Zhiyi Bodhidharma Huineng Shandao Xuanzang Fazang Amoghavajra Saichō Kūkai Shāntideva Shāntarakshita Wohnyo Mazu Daoyi Jinul Dahui Zonggao Hongzhi...
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    Candrakīrti Zhiyi Bodhidharma Huineng Shandao Xuanzang Fazang Amoghavajra Saichō Kūkai Shāntideva Shāntarakshita Wohnyo Mazu Daoyi Jinul Dahui Zonggao Hongzhi...
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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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  • 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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    (衛門三郎) is a legendary figure of early ninth-century Japan associated with Kūkai and the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage. A mendicant visited the house of Emon...
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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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    Mount Kōya (category Kūkai)
    the Kōyasan sect of Shingon Buddhism. First settled in 819 by the monk Kūkai, Mount Kōya is primarily known as the world headquarters of the Kōyasan...
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    Candrakīrti Zhiyi Bodhidharma Huineng Shandao Xuanzang Fazang Amoghavajra Saichō Kūkai Shāntideva Shāntarakshita Wohnyo Mazu Daoyi Jinul Dahui Zonggao Hongzhi...
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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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    Yoshito S. (1972). Kūkai and His Major Works. Columbia University Press. p. 44. ISBN 0-231-05933-7. Hakeda, Yoshito S. (1972). Kūkai and His Major Works...
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  • Charlemagne and wielder of the legendary blade Durandal, rode into battle on. Kūkai is also the name of a famous Japanese Buddhist monk; Buddhist undertones...
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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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  • 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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    to be developed in Chinese and Japanese by thinkers such as Yi Xing and Kūkai. Likewise in Tibet, Sakya Pandita (1182–28 – 1251), as well as later thinkers...
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    Shantideva Sengzhao Jizang Xuanzang Zhiyi Fazang Guifeng Zongmi Wonhyo Jinul Kūkai Dogen Jñānagarbha Śāntarakṣita Haribhadra Atiśa Jñanasrimitra Ratnakīrti...
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  • 1991 Yatsugatake Y. Kushida, O. Muramatsu  · 3.3 km MPC · JPL 6866 Kukai 1992 CO Kukai February 12, 1992 Kiyosato S. Otomo EOS 13 km MPC · JPL 6867 Kuwano...
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    to be introduced in 806 by Kūkai. For both founders to benefit from the introduction of Buddhism, Saichō stood behind Kūkai and helped him get the mountain...
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