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Buddhism also influenced the Japanese religion of Shinto, which incorporated Buddhist elements. [136] During the later Kamakura period (1185–1333), there were six new Buddhist schools founded which competed with the older Nara schools and are known as "New Buddhism" (Shin Bukkyō) or Kamakura Buddhism.
Religious tradition founded Life of founder Mazdak: Mazdakism: died c. 526 Bodhidharma: Zen, more specifically Ch'an: 5th or 6th century Muhammad: Islam: c. 570–632 Gaudapada: Advaita Vedanta: c. 6th century CE Songtsen Gampo: Tibetan Buddhism: 7th century En no Gyōja: Shugendō: late 7th century Huineng: East Asian Zen Buddhism: 638–713 ...
Ippen (1234–1289), founder of the Ji-shū sect of Pure Land Buddhism; Kūkai (774–835), founder of Shingon Buddhism; Myōe (1173–1232), monk of Kegon and Shingon Buddhism, known for his propagation of the Mantra of Light; Nakahara Nantenbō (1839–1925), Zen master and artist; Nichiren (1222–1282), founder of Nichiren Buddhism
John S. Strong is an American academic, who is the Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Bates College. Strong specializes in Buddhist studies and with emphasis on the Buddha's biography, relics, and the legends and cults of South Asia. John Strong was born in China, and completed his secondary education in Switzerland. [1]
Buddhism (/ ˈ b ʊ d ɪ z əm / BUUD-ih-zəm, US also / ˈ b uː d-/ BOOD-), [1] [2] [3] also known as Buddha Dharma, is an Indian religion [a] and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE. [7]
German Dharmaduta Society founded by Asoka Weeraratna in Colombo, Sri Lanka on September 21, 1952, to spread Buddhism in Germany and other western countries.It was originally known as Lanka Dhammaduta Society. 1953: The Buddhist Lodge had changed its name and was known as the Buddhist Society. It had relocated to its current address in ...
' the awakened one '), [4] [f] [g] was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia [h] during the 6th or 5th century BCE [5] [6] [7] [c] and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist legends, he was born in Lumbini, in what is now Nepal, [b] to royal parents of the Shakya clan, but renounced his home life to live as a ...
Nichiren envisioned Japan as the country where the true teaching of Buddhism would be revived and the starting point for its worldwide spread. [59] At his lecture, it is construed, Nichiren vehemently attacked Honen, the founder of Pure Land Buddhism, and its practice of chanting the Nembutsu, Nam(u) Amida Butsu. It is likely he also denounced ...