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  2. Five Tathāgatas - Wikipedia

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    In Chinese Buddhism, veneration of the five Buddhas has dispersed from Chinese Esoteric Buddhism into other Chinese Buddhist traditions like Chan Buddhism and Tiantai. They are regularly enshrined in many Chinese Buddhist temples, and regularly invoked in rituals such as the Liberation Rite of Water and Land and the Yoga Flaming Mouth ceremony ...

  3. Japanese Buddhist pantheon - Wikipedia

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    Still it is especially characteristic of Vajrayana Esoteric Buddhism, including Tibetan Buddhism and especially Japanese Shingon Buddhism, which formalized it to a great extent. In the ancient Japanese Buddhist pantheon, more than 3,000 Buddhas or deities have been counted, although now most temples focus on one Buddha and a few Bodhisattvas. [1]

  4. Buddhism in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The largest sects of Japanese Buddhism are Pure Land Buddhism with 22 million believers, followed by Nichiren Buddhism with 10 million believers, Shingon Buddhism with 5.4 million, Zen Buddhism with 5.3 million, Tendai Buddhism with 2.8 million, and only about 700,000 for the six old schools established in the Nara period (710-794).

  5. Aoyama Rōshi - Wikipedia

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    Aoyama Rōshi has been a leader in the struggle for gender parity within Buddhism and has played a pivotal role in transforming attitudes toward women in contemporary Japanese society. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 11 ] By the time Aoyama was ordained in 1948, there were many more nuns, many of whom were able to attend university studies.

  6. Mindful Yoga - Wikipedia

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    The Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu, releasing Mansi Gulati's book Yoga and Mindfulness, [12] New Delhi, 2018. The yoga teacher Michelle Ribeiro writes that Mindful Yoga "applies traditional Buddhist mindfulness teachings to the physical practice of yoga; it is the holistic approach of connecting your mind to your breath."

  7. Jōdo-shū - Wikipedia

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    It was established in 1175 and is the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan, along with Jōdo Shinshū. In the general classification of Buddhism in Japan, the Jōdo-shū, the Jōdo Shinshu, the Ji-shu and the Yuzu Nembutsu shu are collectively classified into the lineage of Jōdo Buddhism. (Jōdo kei, 浄土系) [5] [6]

  8. Bodhisattva Precepts - Wikipedia

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    A disciple of the Buddha must not engage in licentious acts or encourage others to do so. [As a monk] he should not have sexual relations with any female -- be she a human, animal, deity or spirit -- nor create the causes, conditions, methods, or karma of such misconduct. Indeed, he must not engage in improper sexual conduct with anyone.

  9. East Asian Yogācāra - Wikipedia

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    Although a relatively small Hossō sect exists in Japan to this day, its influence diminished due to competition from newer Japanese Buddhist schools like Zen and Pure Land. [22] During the Meiji period, as tourism became more common, the Hossō sect was the owner of several famous temples, notably Hōryū-ji and Kiyomizu-dera. However, as the ...