Eicho, 55, who lives in the western main island of Shikoku, said at a news conference on Jan. 31 in Tokyo that she has filed a complaint with the head office of the Tendai sect of Buddhism in Otsu ...

UNESCO’s executive board on May 24 approved the archives of the Buddhist monk Enchin (814-891) for inclusion. Enchin founded the Tendai Jimon sect after bringing back the teachings of Chinese ...

Her research interests include death in Buddhism; Buddhist eschatology; Buddhism and Japanese identity formation in the medieval and modern periods; and traditions related to the Lotus Sūtra, ...