Tiantai school

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Buddhist school Mahayana Buddhist tradition

The Tiantai school is a major tradition of Chinese Buddhism known for its comprehensive doctrinal system centered on the Lotus Sutra and its synthesis of meditation and philosophical analysis.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tiantai Buddhism	7
Tiantai school of Buddhism	2
Tiantai Buddhist teachings	1
Tiantai monastic order	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist school ⓘ Mahayana Buddhist tradition ⓘ
associatedCountry	Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedSchool	Tendai NERFINISHED ⓘ
classificationScheme	Five Periods and Eight Teachings NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreIdea	Integration of doctrine, meditation, and ethical practice ⓘ
cosmologyConcept	Three Thousand Realms in a Single Thought-Moment (Ichinen Sanzen) NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	China ⓘ
doctrine	Classification of the Buddha’s teachings (Pan-chiao) NERFINISHED ⓘ One Vehicle (Ekayana) ⓘ Perfect and Sudden teaching ⓘ Three Thousand Realms in a Single Thought-Moment NERFINISHED ⓘ Threefold Truth NERFINISHED ⓘ
founder	Zhiyi NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Mount Tiantai, Zhejiang NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Sui dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	East Asian Buddhist thought ⓘ Nichiren Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Tendai school NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyFigure	Huisi NERFINISHED ⓘ Saichō NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhanran NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhiyi NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhiyi (Chih-i) NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Classical Chinese ⓘ
majorText	Avatamsaka Sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Lotus Sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahaparinirvana Sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Prajnaparamita sutras NERFINISHED ⓘ
meditationSystem	Mohe Zhiguan NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Mount Tiantai NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentTradition	Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalFocus	Non-duality of emptiness and conventional existence ⓘ Synthesis of meditation and doctrinal analysis ⓘ Universal Buddhahood ⓘ
practice	Contemplation of the mind ⓘ Recitation of the Lotus Sutra ⓘ Zhiguan (calming and insight) meditation NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	East Asia ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
scripturalStatusOfLotusSutra	Regarded as complete and final teaching of the Buddha ⓘ
viewOnReality	Middle Way as unity of emptiness, conventional existence, and the middle ⓘ
viewOnScriptures	Lotus Sutra as supreme teaching of the Buddha ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Chinese Buddhism → hasSchool → Tiantai school ⓘ

East Asian Buddhism → hasMajorSchool → Tiantai school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tiantai Buddhism

Chinese Buddhist Canon → influenced → Tiantai school ⓘ

Tiantai Buddhist temples → religiousTradition → Tiantai school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tiantai Buddhism

Tiantai Buddhist temples → associatedWith → Tiantai school ⓘ

Tiantai Buddhist temples → organizationalAffiliation → Tiantai school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tiantai monastic order

Huayan / Kegon → influenced → Tiantai school ⓘ

subject surface form: Huayan

Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) → influenced → Tiantai school ⓘ

subject surface form: Avataṃsaka Sutra

Yongming Yanshou → influencedBy → Tiantai school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tiantai Buddhism

Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra → associatedWith → Tiantai school ⓘ

Lotus Sūtra → influencedTradition → Tiantai school ⓘ

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Lotus Sūtra → coreTextOf → Tiantai school ⓘ

Chinese Esoteric Buddhism → integratedWith → Tiantai school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tiantai Buddhism

Saichō → influencedBy → Tiantai school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tiantai Buddhism

Saichō → introducedToJapan → Tiantai school ⓘ

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Dengyō Daishi → influencedBy → Tiantai school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tiantai Buddhism

Tiantai (Tendai) Mountain in China → associatedWith → Tiantai school ⓘ

subject surface form: Tiantai Mountain

this entity surface form: Tiantai school of Buddhism

Tiantai (Tendai) Mountain in China → namedAfter → Tiantai school ⓘ

subject surface form: Tiantai Mountain

this entity surface form: Tiantai school of Buddhism