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Saichō (最澄,
September 15, 767 – June 26, 822) was a ****anese
Buddhist monk
credited with
founding the ****anese
Tendai school of Buddhism. He was awarded...
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elements that was
officially established in ****an in 806 by the ****anese monk
Saichō. The
Tendai school,
which has been
based on
Mount Hiei
since its inception...
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first founded in 788
during the
early Heian period (794–1185) by
Saichō (767–822), also
known as Dengyō Daishi, who
introduced the
Tendai sect of...
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initiation upon
Saichō, but
refused to
bestow the
final initiation (which
would have
qualified Saichō as a
master of
esoteric Buddhism)
because Saichō had not...
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scholar monks,
known as
Saichō and Kūkai,
helped to
create the
Tendai sect and
Shingon sect. The
Tendai sect was
created in 805 by
Saichō following his return...
- by the monk
Saichō. An
important element of
Tendai doctrine was the
suggestion that
enlightenment was
accessible to "every creature".
Saichō also sought...
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different way." The "Cry for
noble Saichō" (哭最澄上人, koku
Saichō shounin), a poem
written by
Emperor Saga on the
occasion of
Saichō's death, was one of the examples...
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Tendai (Chin. Tiantai) sect of Buddhism, was
founded atop
Mount Hiei by
Saichō in 788 and
rapidly grew into a
sprawling complex of
temples and buildings...
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Saichō (767–822), who
founded the ****anese
Tendai tradition and
wrote a
commentary to the
Lotus Sūtra,
which would remain central to Tendai.
Saichō attempted...
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learn about its
culture brought tea to ****an. The
Buddhist monks Kūkai and
Saichō may have been the
first to
bring tea
seeds to ****an. The
first form of tea...
