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.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Tiantai / Tendai	0	1
Tiantai Buddhism	0	1

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 NERFINISHED →
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 (4)

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

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

Heian period → religion → Tendai Buddhism →