Hossō school

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Buddhist school Japanese Buddhist sect Yogācāra tradition

The Hossō school is one of the oldest Buddhist traditions in Japan, representing the East Asian Yogācāra (Consciousness-Only) philosophy and historically influential in Nara Buddhism.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Hosso school of Buddhism	1
Hossō school of Buddhism	1
Hossō-shū	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist school ⓘ Japanese Buddhist sect ⓘ Yogācāra tradition ⓘ
alternativeName	Faxiang school (Japanese branch) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hosso-shū NERFINISHED ⓘ Hossō-shū NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedPhilosopher	Dōshō NERFINISHED ⓘ Gyōshin NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuiji NERFINISHED ⓘ Xuanzang NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Nara Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreDoctrine	Consciousness-only (Vijñaptimātra) NERFINISHED ⓘ Storehouse consciousness (ālaya-vijñāna) ⓘ Three Natures (trisvabhāva) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
doctrinalCategory	East Asian Yogācāra NERFINISHED ⓘ
doctrinalOpposition	Tendai hongaku (original enlightenment) thought ⓘ
hasMonasticLineage	Kōfuku-ji lineage NERFINISHED ⓘ Yakushi-ji lineage ⓘ
historicalRole	One of the Six Nara Schools ⓘ
importantTemple	Gangō-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ Hōryū-ji (as a center of related scholarship) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kōfuku-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ Yakushi-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Early Japanese interpretations of Yogācāra ⓘ Japanese scholastic Buddhism ⓘ Kegon school NERFINISHED ⓘ Tendai doctrinal debates ⓘ
introducedToJapanBy	Dōshō NERFINISHED ⓘ Gembō NERFINISHED ⓘ Roben NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfScholarship	Classical Chinese ⓘ Classical Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatesFrom	Chinese Faxiang school NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Yogācāra tradition ⓘ
periodOfFlourishing	Nara period NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation	Yogācāra NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Kansai region NERFINISHED ⓘ Nara NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
scripturalBasis	Cheng weishi lun (Discourse on the Perfection of Consciousness-only) NERFINISHED ⓘ Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra NERFINISHED ⓘ Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra NERFINISHED ⓘ Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	Survives as a small traditional sect in modern Japan ⓘ
teaches	Eight consciousnesses theory ⓘ Five categories of beings (goshō) classification ⓘ Three vehicles (triyāna) distinction ⓘ
viewOnReality	All phenomena are manifestations of consciousness ⓘ
viewOnSelf	Denies permanent self but affirms continuity via storehouse consciousness ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Kōfuku-ji → sect → Hossō school ⓘ

Yakushi-ji → sect → Hossō school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hosso school of Buddhism

Horyu-ji → BuddhistSchool → Hossō school ⓘ

bussokusekika → associatedReligion → Hossō school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hossō school of Buddhism

Japanese Buddhism → hasComponent → Hossō school ⓘ

Gyōki → religiousOrder → Hossō school ⓘ

Yogācāra → associatedSchool → Hossō school ⓘ

Kita-Hosso sect → partOf → Hossō school ⓘ

Kita-Hosso sect → religiousSchool → Hossō school ⓘ

Hosso sect → alternativeName → Hossō school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hossō-shū