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Unshō
Unshō (運敝, 20 November 1604 – 9 October 1693) was a Japanese Shingon Buddhist monk, monk active in the early Edo period. He was born into the Fujiwara clan, and he may have been originally from Osaka. His art name was Hakunyo (泊如), and his courtesy name was Genshun (元春). Life He was born on 20 November 1614 (the nineteenth day of the tenth month of Keichō, Keichō 19 according to the Japanese calendar). He is said to have been from Osaka. He was born into the Fujiwara clan. When was thirteen (according to East Asian age reckoning#Japanese, Japanese reckoning) he joined a Buddhist temple, and became a monk at sixteen. He was a diligent student, and was said to have learning well beyond his years. When he was 35, he was invited to the . He lectured the lord of Owari Domain on the Buddhist sutras and earned his respect and admiration. At 39, he returned to the Chishaku-in in Kyoto. At 41, he was dispatched to Enpuku-ji, the Chishaku-in's ' in Edo. In 1661, he became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shingon
file:Koyasan (Mount Koya) monks.jpg, Shingon monks at Mount Koya is one of the major schools of Buddhism in Japan and one of the few surviving Vajrayana lineages in East Asia, originally spread from India to China through traveling monks such as Vajrabodhi and Amoghavajra. Known in Chinese as the Tangmi (; the Esoteric School in Tang Dynasty of China), these esoteric teachings would later flourish in Japan under the auspices of a Buddhist monk named Kūkai (), who traveled to Tang China to acquire and request transmission of the esoteric teachings. For that reason, it is often called Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, or Orthodox Esoteric Buddhism. The word ''shingon'' is the Kan-on, Japanese reading of the Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese word ('), which is the translation of the Sanskrit word ("mantra"). History Shingon Buddhist doctrine and teachings arose during the Heian period (794-1185) after a Buddhist monk named Kūkai traveled to China in 804 to study Esote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
