Eihei-ji (永平寺) is one of two main temples of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism, the largest single religious denomination in Japan (by number of temples...
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Dōgen (redirect from Eihei Dogen)
left Kyoto for the mountainous countryside where he founded the monastery Eihei-ji, which remains the head temple of the Sōtō school today. Dōgen is known...
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Tettsū Gikai (section Abbot of Eihei-ji and Departure)
successor, and later became the third abbot of the school's head temple, Eihei-ji. Shortly thereafter, he became embroiled in a leadership crisis known as...
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Shunryū Suzuki (section Eihei-ji and Sōji-ji)
at Eihei-ji. In September 1931, after one more practice period and sesshin at Eihei-ji, So-on arranged for Suzuki to train in Yokohama at Sōji-ji. Sōji-ji...
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After Dōgen's death, Ejō struggled to maintain leadership of the new Eihei-ji monastery, due in part to his lack of training in China that prevented...
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coinciding with his move from Kyoto to Eihei-ji, he wrote 405 of the 531 Dharma hall discourses that make up Eihei Kōroku, indicating that he may have come...
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two head temples for Sōtō (Sōji-ji and Eihei-ji), fourteen head temples for Rinzai, and one head temple (Manpuku-ji) for Ōbaku. Besides these traditional...
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Sōji-ji (總持寺) is one of two daihonzan (大本山, "head temples") of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism. The other is Eihei-ji temple in Fukui Prefecture. Fodor's...
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Hōkyō-ji (宝慶寺) is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple founded about 1278 in Echizen, Fukui prefecture, Japan. Jakuen left Eihei-ji in 1261. He meditated in solitary...
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square kilometres (36.46 sq mi). The town is named for the famous temple of Eihei-ji. Eiheiji is located in Yoshida District in northern Fukui Prefecture, in...
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left Eihei-ji, leaving the other monks to resolve the power struggle amongst themselves, but allegedly taking with him many treasures of Eihei-ji entrusted...
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short, a Sōtō Zen temple established in 1243 by Eihei Dōgen in Fukakusa, Kyoto; it no longer exists Kōshō-ji (Uji), a Sōtō Zen temple established in 1649...
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Historic Ruins is one of the most important cultural heritage sites in Japan. Eihei-ji is a temple offering training and education to Buddhist monks. Founded...
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both Eihei-ji and Sōji-ji, the main temples of the Sōtõ school, within the time span of one month. This originates in the rivalry between Eihei-ji and...
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circumstances to found Eihei-ji in modern-day Fukui Prefecture. A temple that exists today also uses the abbreviated name of Dōgen's temple, Kōshō-ji; it was established...
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official in Tokei-in and later studied at Antai-ji. At the age of 50, Niwa became the 77th abbot of the Eihei-ji monastery. He also received the imperial title...
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List of Buddhist temples in Japan (redirect from Shinnyō-ji)
Kanjizai-ji Eihei-ji Nanzoin Shōfuku-ji Jōten-ji Enichi-ji Eihō-ji Shōgen-ji Shōhō-ji Ankoku-ji Buttsū-ji Myōō-in Antai-ji Chōkō-ji Engyō-ji Hōrin-ji Hōun-ji Ichijō-ji...
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Gentō Sokuchū (Japanese: 玄透即中) was a Sōtō Zen priest and the 50th abbot of Eihei-ji, the school's head temple. He was part of a 17th and 18th century movement...
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Gikai, Gien, and Giin, all of whom claimed the right to serve as abbot of Eihei-ji. The story of the sandai sōron does not appear until 150 years after it...
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Prime Minister of Japan. It also decorates the Order of the Rising Sun and the Order of the Paulownia Flowers and is a crest of the Eihei-ji Zen temple....
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and in what order. Finally, the 28 fascicle version, also known as the Eihei-ji manuscript or the "Secret Shōbōgenzō" (Japanese: Himitsu Shōbōgenzō), dates...
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ISBN 9780941532907 Eihei-ji Temple Staff (1994), Sanshō, the Magazine of Eihei-ji Temple, vol. November, Fukui, Japan: Eihei-ji Temple Press Faure, Bernard...
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Zen monastery in the US. He considered taking up monastic residence at Eihei-ji in Japan, and maintained a lifelong appreciation for Zen, Japanese cuisine...
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Kōshō-ji (Japanese: 興聖寺) is a Sōtō Zen in temple in Japan. It bears an abbreviated form of the name of the temple established by Eihei Dōgen in Kyoto,...
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in Hangzhou, China, and who had been accepted as a disciple by Dōgen at Eihei-ji upon coming to Japan. It fell into disrepair and was restored by the Murakami...
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Five Mountain System (section The Ankoku-ji system)
the forest below), among them Sōtō's Eihei-ji founded by Dōgen, and Rinzai's Daitoku-ji, Myōshin-ji and Kōgen-ji, which were not under the direct control...
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included as the first part of the Eihei Shingi, or Rules of Purity for Eihei-ji. Renpō Niwa, a former abbot of Eihei-ji, divides the texts into five parts...
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gave Buddhism its initial impulse in Japan along with its first temple (Hōkō-ji, also known as Asukadera). The Nakatomi and Mononobe, however, continued to...
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