Kegon school

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Buddhist school Japanese Buddhist tradition

The Kegon school is a major tradition of Japanese Buddhism rooted in the Huayan philosophy, emphasizing the interpenetration and mutual dependence of all phenomena.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Kegon 2
Kegonkyō 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist school ⓘ
Japanese Buddhist tradition ⓘ
associatedDeity Vairocana Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedLanguage Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
Classical Japanese ⓘ
associatedPractice contemplation of interpenetration of phenomena ⓘ
devotional worship of Vairocana Buddha ⓘ
basedOn Avataṃsaka Sūtra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Flower Garland Sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ
classification Nara Buddhism ⓘ
coreConcept Indra's net NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreDoctrine dharmadhātu interpenetration NERFINISHED ⓘ
interpenetration of all phenomena ⓘ
mutual dependence of all phenomena ⓘ
cosmologicalConcept ten mysterious gates of Huayan ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
emphasis harmony of principle and phenomena ⓘ
interrelation of one and many ⓘ
philosophical systematization of Mahayana doctrine ⓘ
goal realization of the dharmadhātu ⓘ
hasMonasticDiscipline Vinaya-based ordination ⓘ
headTempleLocation Nara NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalCenter Tōdai-ji Daibutsuden NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalStatus one of the Six Nara Schools ⓘ
importantFigure Emperor Shōmu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gyōki NERFINISHED ⓘ
Myōe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rōben NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shinshō NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Japanese Buddhist art ⓘ
Japanese Buddhist philosophy ⓘ
Japanese Tendai school NERFINISHED ⓘ
Japanese Zen traditions ⓘ
introducedDuringEra Nara period NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedToJapanInCentury 8th century ⓘ
mainTemple Tōdai-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatesFrom Huayan philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentTradition Huayan school NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalCategory Huayan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Nara, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
scripturalCanon Avataṃsaka Sūtra corpus ⓘ
scripturalLanguage Chinese ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
teachingMethod doctrinal exegesis of Avataṃsaka Sūtra ⓘ
traditionType Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
viewOnCosmos infinite interpenetrating worlds ⓘ
viewOnUltimateReality all phenomena mutually contain each other ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) → associatedSchool → Kegon school ⓘ
subject surface form: Avataṃsaka Sutra
Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) → hasAlternativeName → Kegon school ⓘ
subject surface form: Avataṃsaka Sutra
this entity surface form: Kegonkyō
Japanese Buddhism → hasComponent → Kegon school ⓘ
Huayan / Kegon → hasJapaneseName → Kegon school ⓘ
subject surface form: Huayan
this entity surface form: Kegon
Huayan / Kegon → influenced → Kegon school ⓘ
subject surface form: Huayan
this entity surface form: Kegon