:''For the Japanese waterfall, see
Kegon Falls.''
'Kegon' (è¯åŽ³) ([kegõɴ], or in some dialects, [keŋõɴ]) is the name of the
Japanese transmission of the
Huayan school of
Chinese Buddhism. This transmission occurred through the Korean
Hwaeom tradition.
Huayan studies were founded in Japan when, in
736, the scholar-priest
RÅben (良辯 or 良å¼; originally a monk of the
HossÅ tradition) invited
ShinshÅ (審祥, also in Japanese ''ShinjÅ'',
Chinese ''Shen-hsiang'',
Korean ''Simsang'') to give lectures on the ''
Avatamsaka Sutra'' at
KinshÅsen-ji (金é˜å±±å¯º, also 金é˜å¯º ''Konshu-ji'' or ''KinshÅ-ji''), the origin of later
TÅdai-ji. When the construction of
TÅdai-ji was completed, RÅben entered that temple to formally initiate Kegon as a field of study in Japanese Buddhism, and Kegon-shÅ« would become known as one of the "
Nanto RikushÅ«" (å—都å…å®—, lit. The Six Buddhist Sect of
Nanto (
Nara). Kegon thought was later be popularized in Japan by
MyÅe (æ˜Žæƒ ), who combined its doctrines with those of
Vajrayana and
GyÅnen (å‡ç„¶), and is most responsible for the establishment of the
TÅdai-ji lineage of Kegon.
See also
★
Buddhism in Japan
External links
★ TÅdai-ji (Japanese)
[1]
★ The Japanese Buddhist Schools and Teaching
[2]
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