Korean - Buddhism arrived in Japan when a _____________ king sent ambassadors with sutras and Buddha images. ambassadors, Shinto - The name of the belief system that was already in place in Japan before Buddhism., Shotoku - The name of the Prince who made Buddhism the state religion, Shingon - The two Buddhist groups that emerged in 8th century Japan were Tendai and ..., zen - means 'meditation' and is a form of Buddhism in Japan, Pure Land - a form of Buddhism based on the reverence of Buddha Amida, Bodhidharma - The name of the monk who in the 5th century travelled from India to China where he began teaching Ch'an Buddhism, Eisai - founder of Rinzai zen, Dogen - Founder of Soto zen, zazen - sitting meditation, keisaku - name for the encouraging stick used in zen Buddhism, Koan - means 'public case'. a paradoxical statement to be meditated upon for the purpose of gaining insight, kensho - Rinzai Zen believes in sudden ‘enlightenment experiences’ rather than gradual awakening. This is called...., Hui Yuan - 6th century Chinese monk who had a vision of Amida (in china), Honen - Having read the Pure Land texts, this Japanese monk decided to teach Pure Land Buddhism (at age 43), Shinran - This monk developed Honen’s ideas and the Pure Land tradition became widely established., nembutsu - Practice in Pure Land Buddhism where the phrase 'namu amida butsu' is said, Nicherin - The monk who was critical of other Buddhisms in Japan calling Zen ‘the heavenly demon’ and Pure Land ‘hell without interval.’, Lotus Sutra - Nicherin believed that this was the 'king of all scriptures', Daimoku - The name of the practice of chanting ‘namu myoho renge kyo.’,

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