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Kegon ([kegõ?], or in some dialects, [ke?õ?]) is the name of the Japanese
Religion in Japan

There are many religions in Japan but most Japanese follow Shinto and Buddhism. Most Japanese people do not identify as exclusively belonging to just one religion, but incorporate features of both religions into their daily lives in a process known as syncretism....
 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 Roben
Roben

, also known as Ryoben, was a Japanese Kegon monk.References*Kojien, 5th edition...
 (?? or ??; originally a monk of the Hosso
Dharma character school

Dharma-character school is the common name for a stream of thought that represented the Indian Yogacara system of thought in East Asia. One of the founders of the Hosso sect was Tz'u-en....
 tradition) invited Shinsho (??, also in Japanese Shinjo, Chinese
Chinese language

Chinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of language mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan languages of languages....
 Shen-hsiang, Korean
Korean language

Korean is the official language of North Korea and South Korea. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China....
 Simsang) to give lectures on the Avatamsaka Sutra
Avatamsaka Sutra

The is one of the most influential Mahayana Sutras of East Asian Buddhism. The title is rendered in English as Flower Garland Sutra, Flower Adornment Sutra, or Flowers Ornament Scripture....
 at Kinshosen-ji (????, also ??? Konshu-ji or Kinsho-ji), the origin of later Todai-ji
Todai-ji

, is a Buddhism temple complex located in the city of Nara, Nara, Japan. Its Great Buddha Hall , the largest wooden building in the world, houses the world's largest statue of the Buddha Vairocana, known in Japanese simply as Daibutsu ....
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Kegon ([kegõ?], or in some dialects, [ke?õ?]) is the name of the Japanese
Religion in Japan

There are many religions in Japan but most Japanese follow Shinto and Buddhism. Most Japanese people do not identify as exclusively belonging to just one religion, but incorporate features of both religions into their daily lives in a process known as syncretism....
 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 Roben
Roben

, also known as Ryoben, was a Japanese Kegon monk.References*Kojien, 5th edition...
 (?? or ??; originally a monk of the Hosso
Dharma character school

Dharma-character school is the common name for a stream of thought that represented the Indian Yogacara system of thought in East Asia. One of the founders of the Hosso sect was Tz'u-en....
 tradition) invited Shinsho (??, also in Japanese Shinjo, Chinese
Chinese language

Chinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of language mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan languages of languages....
 Shen-hsiang, Korean
Korean language

Korean is the official language of North Korea and South Korea. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China....
 Simsang) to give lectures on the Avatamsaka Sutra
Avatamsaka Sutra

The is one of the most influential Mahayana Sutras of East Asian Buddhism. The title is rendered in English as Flower Garland Sutra, Flower Adornment Sutra, or Flowers Ornament Scripture....
 at Kinshosen-ji (????, also ??? Konshu-ji or Kinsho-ji), the origin of later Todai-ji
Todai-ji

, is a Buddhism temple complex located in the city of Nara, Nara, Japan. Its Great Buddha Hall , the largest wooden building in the world, houses the world's largest statue of the Buddha Vairocana, known in Japanese simply as Daibutsu ....
. When the construction of Todai-ji
Todai-ji

, is a Buddhism temple complex located in the city of Nara, Nara, Japan. Its Great Buddha Hall , the largest wooden building in the world, houses the world's largest statue of the Buddha Vairocana, known in Japanese simply as Daibutsu ....
 was completed, Roben entered that temple to formally initiate Kegon as a field of study in Japanese Buddhism, and Kegon-shu would become known as one of the "Nanto Rikushu" (????, lit. The Six Buddhist Sects of Nanto
Nanto

Nanto is the name of:* Nanto, Italy* Nanto, Toyama , a city located in Toyama Prefecture, Japan* Nanto, Nara , literally "South Capital", a historical synonym for Nara, Nara, Japan* Dipper ...
 (Nara
Nara, Nara

is the capital cities of Japan of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. The city occupies the northern part of Nara Prefecture, directly bordering Kyoto Prefecture....
). Kegon thought was later be popularized in Japan by Myoe
Myoe

Myoe , was a Japanese Buddhist monk active during the Kamakura period who also went by the name Koben . He was originally ordained in the Shingon school, although in the latter half of his career he served as abbot of Kozanji, a temple of the Kegon sect....
, who combined its doctrines with those of Vajrayana
Vajrayana

Vajrayana Buddhism is also known as Tantric Buddhism, Tantrayana, Mantranaya, Mantrayana, Secret Mantra, Esoteric Buddhism and the Diamond Vehicle ....
 and Gyonen, and is most responsible for the establishment of the Todai-ji
Todai-ji

, is a Buddhism temple complex located in the city of Nara, Nara, Japan. Its Great Buddha Hall , the largest wooden building in the world, houses the world's largest statue of the Buddha Vairocana, known in Japanese simply as Daibutsu ....
 lineage of Kegon.

See also

  • Buddhism in Japan
    Buddhism in Japan

    The history of Buddhism in Japan can be roughly divided into three periods, namely the Nara period , the Heian Period and the post-Heian period ....


External links

  • Todai-ji (Japanese)
  • The Japanese Buddhist Schools and Teaching