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Shingon Buddhism

school of Buddhism in Japan

6 dated entries naming Shingon Buddhism, drawn from 6 separate years between 796 CE and 1155 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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8th century

  • 796Tō-ji, a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect, is established in Kyoto, Japan.source

9th century

  • 804Kūkai, Japanese Buddhist monk, travels in a government-sponsored expedition to China, in order to learn more about the Mahavairocana Sutra. He brings back texts of Shingon (Esoteric Buddhism).source
  • 806Hōzen-ji Temple is founded in Wakakusa, Nakakoma District, Japan (now Minami-Alps, Yamanashi Prefecture). The temple follows the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism.source

10th century

  • 940Narita-san ("New victory temple"), a Shingon Buddhist temple, is founded in Chiba (Japan).source

12th century

  • 1107Kenkai, Japanese Shingon Buddhist monk (d. 1155)source
  • 1155June 11 – Kenkai, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 1107)source

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