Saichō

The establishment of the Japanese Tendai School

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19177671
AutoresPaul Groner (autor de correspondencia)
Año1984
Fecha de publicación1984-01-01
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaSaicho (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialUniversity of Hawaii Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1515/9780824846275
OpenAlexW577654498
ISBN9780824846275
Open LibraryOL48678967M
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10

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

Political science · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Buddhism · Japan · Middle ages · Monasticism and religious orders