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Tendai (天台宗, Tendai-shū), also known as the Tendai Lotus School (天台法華宗 Tendai hokke shū, sometimes just "hokke shū"), is a Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition with significant esoteric elements that was officially established in Japan in 806 by the Japanese monk Saichō (posthumously known as Dengyō Daishi). [1]
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Tendai Buddhism incorporates insights from Indian and Chinese philosophical traditions, the study of the Lotus Sutra and other Buddhist texts, meditation traditions like Zen as well as Calming and Insight Meditation (shamata-vipashyanna), Pure Land and Tantric practices.
Apr 17, 2023 · A look at the Tendai school, one of two esoteric sects that dominated Japanese Buddhism from the Heian period onward, having a huge influence on the subsequent development of the religion in...
The Japanese School of Tendai Buddhism was founded by Ven. Saicho 最澄 (Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師 767–822) after he travelled to China to bring the Lotus teachings of the T’ien-t’ai school back to Japan.
Principal Texts. Tendai Buddhism holds numerous texts in high regard, the Lotus Sūtra being the pinnacle. Many Tendai principles and much of its philosophy stem from the Lotus Sūtra, such as the emphasis on Expedient Means, and the One Vehicle.
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