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Saicho: The Establishment of the Japanese Tendai School

By Paul Groner

Book information

Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Year
2023
ISBN
9780824846275
DOI
10.1515/9780824846275
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
96 MB (101166664 bytes)
Pages
360\358
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-10-07 16:16:10

Description

Saicho (767-822), the founder of the Tendai School, is one of the great masters of Japanese Buddhism. This edition, which includes a new preface by the author, makes available again a classic work on this important figure’s life and accomplishments. Groner’s study focuses on Saicho’s founding of the great monastic center on Mount Hiei, the leading religious institution of medieval Japan, and his radical move to adopt for purposes of ordination the Mahayana bodhisattva precepts--a decision that had far-reaching consequences for the future of Japanese Buddhist ethical thought, monastic training and organization, lay-clerical relations, philosophical developments, and Buddhism-state relations.

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