Tendai Buddhism

E89555
Buddhist school Japanese Buddhist school

Tendai Buddhism is a major Japanese Buddhist school that emerged in the Heian period, known for its inclusive doctrine centered on the Lotus Sutra and its significant influence on later Japanese Buddhist traditions.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Tendai Buddhism canonical 13
Tendai school 2
Tendai school of Buddhism 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist school ⓘ
Japanese Buddhist school ⓘ
associatedWithMountainAscetics yamabushi ⓘ
capitalContext near Kyoto ⓘ
centralDoctrine original enlightenment (hongaku) ⓘ
universal Buddhahood ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
doctrineCharacteristic eclectic ⓘ
inclusive ⓘ
foundedBy Saichō ⓘ
founderReligiousName Dengyō Daishi ⓘ
foundingYear early 9th century ⓘ
hasJapaneseName 天台宗 ⓘ
historicalRole major Heian-period Buddhist institution ⓘ
provider of clergy for the imperial court ⓘ
training ground for founders of later Japanese Buddhist schools ⓘ
includesPractice Pure Land practices ⓘ
Zen-style meditation ⓘ
esoteric Buddhism (mikkyō) ⓘ
mountain asceticism ⓘ
precepts observance ⓘ
influenced Shugendō ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Shugendō

Japanese Zen schools ⓘ
Jōdo Shinshū ⓘ
Jōdo-shū ⓘ
Nichiren Buddhism ⓘ
Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ
surface form: Pure Land Buddhism in Japan

Rinzai ⓘ
surface form: Rinzai Zen

Sōtō Zen ⓘ
keyConcept ichinen sanzen ⓘ
three thousand realms in a single thought-moment ⓘ
mainTemple Enryaku-ji ⓘ
mainTempleLocation Mount Hiei ⓘ
mainTemplePrefecture Shiga Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainText Lotus Sūtra ⓘ
surface form: Lotus Sutra
namedAfter Tiantai (Tendai) Mountain in China ⓘ
originatedInPeriod Heian period ⓘ
parentTradition Mahayana ⓘ
surface form: Mahayana Buddhism

Tendai Buddhism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tiantai Buddhism
philosophicalOrientation Madhyamaka-influenced ⓘ
Yogācāra-influenced ⓘ
region East Asia ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
ritualLanguage Classical Chinese ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
scripturalBasis Esoteric Buddhist texts ⓘ
Lotus Sūtra ⓘ
surface form: Lotus Sutra

Mahayana sutras ⓘ
surface form: Mahāyāna sutras
viewOnBuddha Shakyamuni Buddha as eternal Buddha revealed in the Lotus Sutra ⓘ
surface form: eternal Buddha of the Lotus Sutra
viewOnReality non-duality of phenomena and ultimate truth ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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

Heian period → religion → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
Mahayana → includesSchool → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tiantai / Tendai
Nichiren Buddhism → influencedBy → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
Tendai Buddhism → parentTradition → Tendai Buddhism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tiantai Buddhism
Siddham script → associatedWith → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
Hieizan Enryaku-ji temple complex → religiousAffiliation → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
subject surface form: Hieizan Enryaku-ji
Hieizan Enryaku-ji temple complex → mainSectHeadquartersOf → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
subject surface form: Hieizan Enryaku-ji
this entity surface form: Tendai school of Buddhism
Mount Hiei → isSacredTo → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tendai Buddhists
Miidera (Onjō-ji) → religiousAffiliation → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
Miidera (Onjō-ji) → religiousSchool → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tendai Jimon school
Enryaku-ji → religiousAffiliation → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
Jōdo-shū → influencedBy → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
Genshin → influencedBy → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
Shinran → wasMonkOf → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tendai school
Lotus Sūtra → influencedTradition → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
Lotus Sūtra → coreTextOf → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tendai school
Shugendō → influencedBy → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
Diamond Realm Mandala → importantInSchool → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tendai Esoteric Buddhism
Dōgen → ordination → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
Michinaga → associatedReligion → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
subject surface form: Fujiwara no Michinaga
Saichō → introducedToJapan → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tendai school of Buddhism
Dengyō Daishi → founderOf → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tendai school of Buddhism in Japan
Dengyō Daishi → legacy → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tendai became one of the most influential schools in Japanese Buddhism
ichinen sanzen → coreConceptOf → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
subject surface form: Ichinen sanzen
Tiantai (Tendai) Mountain in China → associatedWith → Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
subject surface form: Tiantai Mountain
this entity surface form: Japanese Tendai Buddhism