RELIGST 3UU3 Lecture 14: FEB 28 - Medieval Japanese Buddhism

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 3UU3
• Professor: Joe Larose

Document Summary

Lecture 13: midterm no formal lecture. The heian period: the uniting of the japanese country is the uniting of individual clans. Emperor kanmu (r781-806: decides to move capital 40km north of nara to heian, building from the ground up, mt. Saich ((cid:1011)(cid:1010)(cid:1011)-822) and tendai buddhism: he was ordained (in nara) Week 9: because dissatisfied with the state of buddhism in the capital, because overly concerned with material things, evidence, for him, the need to reform buddhism, leaves capital in 788 and goes to mt. Hiei: both kanmu and saich are interested in reforming buddhism, saich "s dedication impresses kanmu so much that he sends him to china, provides him with credibility since everything is imported from china, studies for 11 months on mt. Imports this to japan bringing back zh r "s synthesis. Hiei: his school becomes important for many reasons (will return to this)