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[[比叡山]] ( Jpn [[Hiei-zan]]) | [[比叡山]] ( Jpn [[Hiei-zan]]) | ||
| − | A mountain located to the [[northeast]] of {{Wiki|Kyoto}}, [[Japan]], on which [[Enryaku-ji, the head temple of the [[Tendai school]], is situated. [[Dengyo]], the founder of the [[Tendai school]], went to [[live]] on [[Mount Hiei]] in 785, and in 788 he built a small [[temple]] there called [[Hieisan-ji]]. [[Hieisan-ji]] was renamed [[Enryaku-ji]] by {{Wiki|Emperor Saga}} in 823, the year after [[Dengyo's]] [[death]]. Its first [[chief priest]] was [[Gishin]], [[Dengyo's]] successor. A number of important figures in [[Japanese Buddhism]], including [[Honen]], [[Eisai]], [[Dogen]], and [[Nichiren]], the founders of newer [[Japanese Buddhist]] schools, studied at this [[temple]]. | + | A mountain located to the [[northeast]] of {{Wiki|Kyoto}}, [[Japan]], on which [[Enryaku-ji]], the head temple of the [[Tendai school]], is situated. [[Dengyo]], the founder of the [[Tendai school]], went to [[live]] on [[Mount Hiei]] in 785, and in 788 he built a small [[temple]] there called [[Hieisan-ji]]. [[Hieisan-ji]] was renamed [[Enryaku-ji]] by {{Wiki|Emperor Saga}} in 823, the year after [[Dengyo's]] [[death]]. Its first [[chief priest]] was [[Gishin]], [[Dengyo's]] successor. A number of important figures in [[Japanese Buddhism]], including [[Honen]], [[Eisai]], [[Dogen]], and [[Nichiren]], the founders of newer [[Japanese Buddhist]] schools, studied at this [[temple]]. |
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Latest revision as of 16:53, 3 November 2015
Hiei, Mount
比叡山 ( Jpn Hiei-zan)
A mountain located to the northeast of Kyoto, Japan, on which Enryaku-ji, the head temple of the Tendai school, is situated. Dengyo, the founder of the Tendai school, went to live on Mount Hiei in 785, and in 788 he built a small temple there called Hieisan-ji. Hieisan-ji was renamed Enryaku-ji by Emperor Saga in 823, the year after Dengyo's death. Its first chief priest was Gishin, Dengyo's successor. A number of important figures in Japanese Buddhism, including Honen, Eisai, Dogen, and Nichiren, the founders of newer Japanese Buddhist schools, studied at this temple.
