Tendai Buddhism was an amalgam of various strands of Buddhist thought. This made it difficult to determine clearly what practices a monk needed to carry out to achieve enlightenment.

The Tendai Buddhist Institute, located in upstate New York, was founded in 1994, and only granted Betsuin status in 2004. Tendai Buddhism is "an eclectic school that incorporates meditation, ...

Works from the Tendai Buddhist Gakuenji temple in Shimane Prefecture form the feature exhibition of Kyoto National Museum's New Year's show. Tradition tells that the priest Chishun established ...

Miho Museum is the Shigaraki venue of a three-museum special set of autumn exhibitions, titled 'Omi: Spiritual Home of Kami and Hotoke,' featuring portrayals of gods and Buddhist iconography ...

Tendai Buddhism is one of Japan’s two main Buddhist sects, but Fukushima fears that shenanigans at Zenkoji have damaged its credibility. “There is no pure belief at Zenkoji,” he says.

Buddhism is a religion that offers a spiritual path for transcending the suffering of existence. Samsara, the endless cycle of birth, death and rebirth to which all beings are subject, ... two of ...

"This Buddhism spread in Japan under the name Tendai Buddhism, Tendai being the Japanese rendering of the Chinese T'ien-t'ai. The T'ien-t'ai doctrines, which are based on the Lotus Sutra, form one of ...

Tendai Buddhism was founded in Japan about 1,200 years ago. Cardinal John Tong Hon, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong, delivered the Pope's letter and read it to participants.

KYOTO >> Two young monks from different Buddhist sects have united to form a break-dancing duo, Kaiten Bozu (spinning monks). The men believe their unique fusion of Buddhism and dance is sure to ...