Glossary of Japanese Buddhism information

This is the glossary of Japanese Buddhism, including major terms the casual (or brand-new) reader might find useful in understanding articles on the subject...

Chinese Buddhism Cantonese (Hk): Buddhism in Hong Kong Japanese (Jp): Buddhism in Japan Korean (Ko): Korean Buddhism Taiwanese Hokkien (Tw): Buddhism in Taiwan...

field A form of sankai (birth yōkai) Glossary of Hinduism terms Glossary of Japanese Buddhism Glossary of Shinto Kekkai Sensen, a Japanese manga series...

Buddhism in Japan (日本の仏教, Nihon no Bukkyō) was first established in the 6th century CE. Most of the Japanese Buddhists belong to new schools of Buddhism...

sometimes also called Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, or Eastern Esotericism (Dōngmì, 東密). The word shingon is the Japanese reading of the Chinese word 真言 (zhēnyán)...

Nichiren Buddhism (Japanese: 日蓮仏教), also known as Hokkeshū (Japanese: 法華宗, meaning Lotus Sect), is a branch of Mahayana Buddhism based on the teachings of the...

an overview of Zen, Chan Buddhism for the Chinese origins, and Sōtō, Rinzai and Ōbaku for the three main schools of Zen in Japan Japanese Zen refers to...

Pure Land Buddhism or Pure Land School (Chinese: 淨土宗; pinyin: Jìngtǔzōng; Japanese: 浄土仏教, romanized: Jōdo bukkyō; Korean: 정토종; RR: Jeongto-jong; Vietnamese:...

but jiriki implies experiencing them for oneself. Glossary of Japanese Buddhism Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, Kenkyusha Limited, ISBN 4-7674-2015-6...

one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism, along with Sōtō and Ōbaku. The Chinese Linji school of Chan Buddhism was first transmitted to Japan by...

Ages of Buddhism, also known as the Three Ages of the Dharma (simplified Chinese: 三时; traditional Chinese: 三時; pinyin: Sān Shí), are three divisions of time...

including Tibetan Buddhism and especially Japanese Shingon Buddhism, which formalized it to a great extent. In the ancient Japanese Buddhist pantheon...

List of Japanese deities Glossary of Buddhism Glossary of Japanese Buddhism Buddhism in Japan List of sacred objects in Japanese mythology List of legendary...

explanation of terms concerning Japanese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist art, and Japanese Buddhist temple architecture, see the Glossary of Japanese Buddhism. "七大寺日記...

Characteristics of Japanese Tendai.” Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 14/2-3 (1987): 101-112. Gardiner, David L. (2019). Tantric Buddhism in Japan: Kūkai...