HAA 0640 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies, Acala, Lotus Sutra
25 Apr 2016
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804: saicho (767-822) is sponsored by emperor kanmu to go to china to study tendai. Tendai is centered around the lotus sutra. Philosophy is that all beings possess the buddha nature - and can become enlightened by realizing this nature within themselves. Saicho returned to japan in 805 and established a monastic community, enryakuji, on. 804: on the same voyage as saicho, kukai journeyed to china to study shingon (tantric) Shingon based on dainichi sutra/text and kongocho sutra/text. The phenomenal body (manifested in earthly emanations of the buddha, such as shaka) The absolute body, expressed by the transcendental buddha, i. e. dainichi. Not separate entities but different manifestations of the same principle. Koya (south of osaka) to build a temple. 823: permitted to convert toji temple (in southern kyoto) to a shingon temple. Essence of buddhism is never directly understandable to humans. Images and rites strictly proscribed according to a code of rules.
