East Asian Buddhism

E277431

Buddhist tradition Mahāyāna Buddhism regional form of Buddhism

East Asian Buddhism is the diverse regional tradition of Buddhism that developed across China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, characterized by schools such as Chan/Zen, Pure Land, and Tiantai, and shaped by interactions with Confucian and Daoist thought.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
East Asian Buddhism canonical	27
Vietnamese Buddhism	2
East Asian Buddhist philosophy	1
East Asian Mahayana Buddhism	1
East Asian religions	1
Northern Buddhism	1
Tang dynasty Buddhism	1

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist tradition ⓘ Mahāyāna Buddhism ⓘ regional form of Buddhism ⓘ
aimsAt	enlightenment ⓘ liberation from saṃsāra ⓘ
centralFigure	Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ surface form: Buddha Śākyamuni
coreDoctrine	Buddha-nature ⓘ Eightfold Path ⓘ Four Noble Truths ⓘ Three Jewels of Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Three Jewels Two Truths doctrine ⓘ bodhisattva path ⓘ emptiness (śūnyatā) ⓘ karma ⓘ rebirth ⓘ
developedInRegion	East Asia ⓘ
emphasizesPractice	chanting of Buddha names ⓘ meditation ⓘ ritual ⓘ sutra recitation ⓘ
follows	Mahāyāna sutras ⓘ
hasMajorSchool	Chan Buddhism ⓘ Huayan / Kegon ⓘ surface form: Huayan Buddhism Jōdo Shinshū ⓘ Nichiren Buddhism ⓘ Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ Rinzai ⓘ surface form: Rinzai Zen Chan Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Seon Buddhism Sōtō Zen ⓘ Tiantai school ⓘ surface form: Tiantai Buddhism Zen ⓘ surface form: Zen Buddhism
hasMonasticInstitution	Buddhist monastery ⓘ
hasOrdinationLineage	Dharmaguptaka Vinaya ⓘ surface form: Vinaya of Dharmaguptaka school
hasPhilosophicalSchool	Madhyamaka ⓘ surface form: Madhyamaka (as interpreted in East Asia) Yogācāra ⓘ surface form: Yogācāra (as interpreted in East Asia)
hasRitual	Buddha’s birthday celebrations ⓘ ancestor veneration rites ⓘ funerary rituals ⓘ ordination ceremonies ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfSpread	Goryeo ⓘ surface form: Goryeo dynasty Korea Han dynasty ⓘ Heian period ⓘ surface form: Heian period Japan Lý dynasty ⓘ surface form: Lý dynasty Vietnam Nara period ⓘ surface form: Nara period Japan Six Dynasties ⓘ surface form: Six Dynasties period Tang dynasty ⓘ
influencedBy	Chinese folk religion ⓘ Confucianism ⓘ Taoism ⓘ surface form: Daoism
originatedFrom	Indian Buddhism ⓘ
practicedIn	China ⓘ Japan ⓘ Korea ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
relatedTradition	Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravāda Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
scripturalCanon	Chinese Buddhist Canon ⓘ Tripitaka ⓘ surface form: Taishō Tripiṭaka
transmittedVia	Central Asian Buddhism ⓘ Silk Road routes ⓘ surface form: Silk Road
usesLanguage	Chinese ⓘ Classical Chinese ⓘ Japanese ⓘ Korean ⓘ Vietnamese ⓘ
veneratedDeity	Amitābha Buddha ⓘ Avalokiteśvara ⓘ Ksitigarbha ⓘ surface form: Kṣitigarbha Maitreya ⓘ Manjushri ⓘ surface form: Mañjuśrī

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chan Buddhism → influenced → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

Heavenly Kings Hall → culturalContext → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

Mahayana sutras → influenced → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vietnamese Buddhism

Pure Land Buddhism → associatedWith → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vietnamese Buddhism

Indian religions → influenced → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Asian religions

Tōshōdai-ji → associatedWith → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tang dynasty Buddhism

Chinese Buddhism → influenced → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

Five College Certificate in Buddhist Studies → geographicFocus → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

Iljumun Gate → culturalContext → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

Shaolin Monastery → culturalInfluence → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

White Horse Temple → hasCulturalInfluence → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

Quan Am → tradition → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

Madhyamaka → influenced → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

no-mind (wuxin) → tradition → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

no-mind (wuxin) → domain → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Asian Buddhist philosophy

Bodhidharma → influenced → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

hearer of the cries of the world → associatedWithTradition → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

subject surface form: Hearer of the cries of the world

Perceiver of the Sounds of the World → associatedWithCulture → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

Gwan-eum → tradition → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

Zongmi → philosophicalTradition → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Asian Mahayana Buddhism

Chinese Buddhist Canon → tradition → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

Dhṛtarāṣṭra → veneratedIn → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

Virūḍhaka → worshippedIn → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

Virūpākṣa → culture → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

Tusita Heaven → culturalInfluence → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

Pure Land sutras → influenced → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

Great Vehicle → associatedWith → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Buddhism

Tathāgatagarbha sutras → influenced → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

Diamond Sutra → influenced → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

mappo (Latter Day of the Law) → associatedWith → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

subject surface form: Mappo

Lankāvatāra Sutra → influenced → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ

subject surface form: Lankāvatāra Sūtra

Bodhisattva vows → variantTradition → East Asian Buddhism ⓘ