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Pure Land Buddhism
Hounen (1133-1212) was a Tendai monk who became convinced that traditional Buddhist practices were not sufficient for most people to attain enlightenment. The increasing civil disorder that prevailed convinced him… Read more »
Nichiren Buddhism
Nichiren (1222–1282) was a Tendai monk who decided that all the existing schools of Buddhism were heretical and needed to return to the correct practice as expressed in the Lotus… Read more »
Zen Buddhism
“Zen” is the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word “Chan”. Chan Buddhism was supposedly founded by an Indian monk named Bodhidharma who traveled to China in the early 5th century… Read more »
Shingon Buddhism
Shingon Buddhism was founded by a monk named Kuukai, who is more commonly referred to by his posthumous name of Koubou-daishi (“Great Teacher of Buddhist Doctrine”). In the year 804… Read more »
Early Japanese Buddhist Sects
I’m not sure whether anyone is interested in any more long posts about Japanese Buddhism. This doesn’t even have too much relevance to anime. Anime often has references to Buddhism… Read more »
AnoHana Ends
The last episode of Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai (We Still Don’t Know the Name of the Flower We Saw that Day) left a… Read more »
Kids Love Kyuubee
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