Padmasambhava is a ___th century figure from Tibet.
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100
After his trip from China, he began promoting the meditation practice and he thought just sitting is the central practice of Buddhism.
Dōgen
100
Name of a Japanese intellectual who introduced Buddhism to the West?
D. T. Suzuki
100
Who is the founder of Tendai Buddhism in Japan?
Saichō
100
What is the Kojiki and which time period?
the oldest extant chronicle in Japan, compiled around 712.
200
What is the commonality between these figures: Honen, Shinran, Dogen, and Nichiren?
They all initially studied Buddhism on Mt. Hiei, the headquarters of Tendai.
200
Shingon and Tendai are _______ Buddhist school in Japan, which emphasized rituals, especially state protection rituals.
Esoteric
200
What is the main teachings of Shinran?
He advocated that faith, recitation of the name of the buddha Amida (Amitabha), and birth in the paradise of the Pure Land.
200
Who is the founder of Shingon Buddhism?
Kūkai
200
Nichiren thought chanting of the title of this text is the best religious practice.
Lotus Sutra
300
_____is an influential regent of Japan and author of some of the greatest contributions to Japanese historiography, constitutional government, and ethics. He promoted Buddhism and Confucianism.
Prince Shotoku
300
Kami are the spirits in Shinto. They are not separate from nature, but are of nature, possessing positive and negative, good and evil characteristics.
What is Kami?
300
According to Nichiren, during the age of _________, people needs to develop faith.
The age of latter dharma
300
What is the name of the 13th century monk who brought Rinzai Zen from China to Japan?
Eisai
300
Saicho's favorite Buddhist sutra?
Lotus Sutra
400
During the 1959 Tibetan uprising, the Dalai Lama Fled to _____, where he currently lives as a refugee.
India
400
Saichō started a new ordination platform at Mt. Hiei. Rather than the traditional ordination system (keeping about 250 vinaya rules), Buddhist monks at Mt. Hiei follows the _______.
Bodhisattva precepts
400
What is the Pure Land Buddhism?
It is a broad branch of Mahāyāna Buddhism and one of the most widely practiced traditions of Buddhism in East Asia. Pure Land is a tradition of Buddhist teachings that are focused on Amitābha Buddha. In Japanese Buddhism, Pure Land teachings developed into independent institutional sects.
400
Who is Honen?
The founder of the Pure Land school in Japan.
400
Explain how Zen Buddhist school uses Buddhist texts.
No textual learning, only mind to mind transmission
500
What is the Thesophical Society?
An organization formed in 1875 by several co-founders and one of the central tenets is the intelligent evolution of all existence. They were interested in studying Eastern Religions. One of the two founders went to Asia and converted to Buddhists.
500
The emperors of Japan were considered to be the direct descendants of ______.
Amaterasu
500
What is the main use of the Tibetan Book of the Dead?
it is intended to guide one through, the experiences that the consciousness has after death, especially the interval between death and the next rebirth.
500
Explain the difference between the Pure Land school and the True Pure Land school in Japan.
Faith
500
During his trip to China, Eisai was fascinated by _____ and after he came back wrote the book Recored of Nourishing Life....