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• 806
  *806/10 [[Kukai|Kûkai]] returns from China and founds [[Shingon]] Buddhism. *[[Saicho|Saichô]] founds [[Tendai]] Buddhism.
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• Goshichinichi no mishuho
  The ''Goshichinichi no mishuhô'', or Second Week Imperial Ritual,” was a [[Shingon]] Buddhist imperial ritual aimed at empowering the emperor and by extension ...Fabio Rambelli, “The Emperor’s New Robes: Processes of Resignification in Shingon Imperial Rituals,” ''Cahiers d’Extreme-Asie'' 13 (2002-2003): 427-453.
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• Kukai
  Kûkai, also known posthumously as Kôbô Daishi, was the founder of [[Shingon]] Buddhism in Japan. ...of [[Esoteric Buddhism]] (''Mikkyô'') which he had learned there; the sect Shingon, which he then founded, takes its name from the Chinese term ''zhenyan'', a
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• 823
  ...control of [[Toji|Tôji]], makes it the head of his new [[Shingon]] sect of Buddhism, and renames it Kyôôgokokuji.
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• Toji
  ...Tôji was bestowed to the control of [[Kukai|Kûkai]], made the head of the Shingon sect, and renamed Kyô-ô-gokokuji (Teaching King Protection of the Country ...bers of the Court, ''[[kuge]]'', and [[samurai]], were strong adherents to Shingon. In the medieval period, the temple acquired a considerable amount of land.
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• 671
  *[[Vajrabodhi]] (J: Kongôchi), the fifth patriarch of [[Shingon]] Buddhism in China, is born (d. [[741]]).
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• 741
  *[[Vajrabodhi]] (J: Kongôchi), the fifth patriarch of [[Shingon]] Buddhism in China, dies (b. [[671]]).
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• Japanese Buddhism in Hawaii
  [[File:Hawaii-shingon.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The Hawaii [[Shingon]] Mission in Honolulu]] ...Japanese Buddhist temples, are quite sparse in the mainland United States, Buddhism occupies a prominent position in the architectural/urban and religious land
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• Keichu
  Keichû was a [[Shingon]] Buddhist priest who is often regarded as one of the early pioneers of the ...]]" (i.e. [[Shinto]]), prior to the introduction of [[Confucianism]] and [[Buddhism]].
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• Kishu Sokaku
  ...in|Gekkyô-in]], a temple in [[Fushimi]], and converted it from [[Shingon]] Buddhism to Sôtô Zen.
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• Mount Koya
  ...a prefecture]] ([[Kii province]]); the chief headquarters of [[Shingon]] [[Buddhism]] in Japan, Mt. Kôya is also home to one of the world's largest cemeteries The Shingon temple on Mt. Kôya was established in the 9th century by [[Kukai|Kûkai]],
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• Negoro-dera
  Negoro-dera is a major [[Shingon]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] temple, located in the city of Iwade, in [[Wakayama prefecture]] ...reestablishing the entire site as the head temple of the Shingi school of Shingon, and renaming it Negoro-dera.
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• Amida
  ...se, worshipped as the chief deity of [[Jodo-shu|Jôdo-shû]], or "Pure Land" Buddhism. Widely worshipped in Japan, Amida is also the most-worshipped incarnation ...on the name of Amida was originally a somewhat more complex and [[Esoteric Buddhism|esoteric]] process, in late [[Heian period]] Japan, it evolved into being a
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• Eisai
  ...also known as Yôsai, was the founder of the [[Rinzai]] school of [[Zen]] [[Buddhism]] in Japan. ...'s Kasuga Ryûjin (Dragon God of Kasuga), or Myôe Shônin," ''Early Kamakura Buddhism: A Minority Report'', Asian Humanities Press (1987), 103.</ref> During his
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• Seigen-ji (Okinawa)
  ...h temple of [[Gokoku-ji (Okinawa)|Gokoku-ji]], and a temple of [[Shingon]] Buddhism. The chief object of worship is an image of [[Kannon]].
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• Buddhism
  ...oncile Buddhist belief and practice with those of Confucianism and Taoism. Buddhism began to spread in earnest in China in the third century, taking hold in el ...s only one, took root relatively easily in China, as compared to Theravada Buddhism, which focused more strongly on the historical Buddha and his teachings. Bu
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• Myoe
  ...nent [[Kamakura period]] monk who opposed the radical ideas of [[Pure Land Buddhism|Pure Land]] founder [[Honen|Hônen]]. ...ge of 16, taking on the name Jôben, and beginning to study [[Kegon]] and [[Shingon]] thought at [[Sonsho-in|Sonshô-in]], a [[tatchu|branch temple]] of [[Toda
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• Emperor Kammu
  ...o China - they returned to found the [[Shingon]] and [[Tendai]] schools of Buddhism, and to become hugely prominent Japanese historical figures.
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• Zenrin-ji
  ...llow him as head of Zenrin-ji. Shôkû then converted Zenrin-ji from Shingon Buddhism to Hônen's Pure Land sect (''Jôdo-shû''), and established it as the head
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• Tenets of Buddhism
  ...the efforts of the Soga clan and the regent [[Prince Shotoku]]. Shinto and Buddhism formed a close bond in Japan that continues to this day (with a rift in rel Buddhism is based upon the Four Noble Truths (''Shitai''):
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