of several Emperors, Kūkai was able to preach Shingon teachings and found Shingon temples. Like other influential monks, Kūkai oversaw public works and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Kukai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-11286-6. PDF online Hakeda, Yoshito S. (1972). Kūkai...

(1999). The Weaving of Mantra: Kūkai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse. Hakeda, Yoshito (1972). Kūkai: Major Works, Translated, with...

(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...

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...

by the monk Kūkai. Shingon Buddhism emphasizes the use of symbols, rituals, incantations and mandalas, which gave it a wide appeal. Kūkai greatly impressed...

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...

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...

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...

Japanese Buddhism Japanese Zen Sōtō school Dogen Rinzai school Eisai Shingon Kukai Japanese Confucianism Fujiwara Seika Hayashi Razan Nakae Tōju Itō Jinsai...

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...

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...

Candrakīrti Zhiyi Bodhidharma Huineng Shandao Xuanzang Fazang Amoghavajra Saichō Kūkai Shāntideva Shāntarakshita Wohnyo Mazu Daoyi Jinul Dahui Zonggao Hongzhi...

(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...

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...

the sokushinbutsu ascetic practices of Shugendō were likely inspired by Kūkai, the founder of Shingon Buddhism, who ended his life by reducing and then...

Candrakīrti Zhiyi Bodhidharma Huineng Shandao Xuanzang Fazang Amoghavajra Saichō Kūkai Shāntideva Shāntarakshita Wohnyo Mazu Daoyi Jinul Dahui Zonggao Hongzhi...

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...

during his journeys around Shikoku. Kūkai conducted rituals there before going to China. After returning from China, Kūkai visited the site and had the temple...

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...

Candrakīrti Zhiyi Bodhidharma Huineng Shandao Xuanzang Fazang Amoghavajra Saichō Kūkai Shāntideva Shāntarakshita Wohnyo Mazu Daoyi Jinul Dahui Zonggao Hongzhi...

others. Later Buddhist monks, including Kūkai and Saichō received their ordination here as well. During Kūkai's administration of the Sōgō, additional...

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...

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...

new religions Zen in the US Key figures Shōtoku Tori Busshi Rōben Saichō Kūkai Jōchō Kūya En no Gyōja Hōnen Myōe Shinran Jōkei Eison Ninshō Dōgen Eisai...

Japanese mythology. According to Japanese Buddhist tradition, the priest Kūkai made Zennyo Ryūō appear in 824 AD during a famous rainmaking contest at...