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+ | [[五台山]] (PY [[Wutai]]; Jpn [[Godai-san]]) | ||
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+ | Also known as Mount [[Ch'ing-liang]]. A mountain located in the [[Wu-t'ai mountain]] range in [[Shansi]] Province in [[China]]. | ||
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+ | This mountain has long been identified with [[Mount Clear and Cool]] ([[Ch'ing-liang]]) where, according to the [[Flower Garland Sutra]], [[Bodhisattva Manjushri]] dwells. | ||
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+ | It was counted as foremost of the four [[sacred mountains]] related to [[Buddhism in China]], the other three {{Wiki|being}}: | ||
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+ | [[Mount P'u-t'o]], which is associated with [[Bodhisattva]] [[Perceiver of the World's Sounds]]; | ||
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+ | [[Mount Chiu-hua]], with [[Bodhisattva Earth Repository]]; and | ||
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+ | [[Mount E-mei]], with [[Bodhisattva Universal Worthy]]. | ||
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+ | [[Mount Wu-t'ai]] prospered as a center of [[Chinese Buddhism]] where {{Wiki|eminent}} {{Wiki|priests}} from throughout the country as well as from {{Wiki|Central Asia}}, [[Korea]], and [[Japan]] studied, practiced, and lectured. | ||
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+ | In 766 [[Pu-k'ung]] and [[Han-kuang]] made it a center of [[Esoteric Buddhism]], building two [[temples]] there. | ||
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+ | In 770 [[Fa-chao]], a noted [[priest]] of the [[Pure Land]] teachings, engaged there in the practice of reciting the [[name]] of [[Amida Buddha]]. | ||
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+ | [[Ch'eng-kuan]] (738-839), the [[fourth patriarch of the Flower Garland school]] ([[Hua-yen]]), stayed at [[Ta-hua-yen-ssu temple]] on [[Mount Wu-tai]] and lectured on the [[Flower Garland Sutra]]. | ||
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+ | The mountain was a center of the [[Flower Garland school]] and also a center of the {{Wiki|Chinese}} [[Zen]] ([[Ch'an]]) school. | ||
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+ | Among the [[Japanese]] {{Wiki|priests}} who made a [[pilgrimage]] there were [[Gembo]](d. 746), [[Jikaku]] (794-864), [[Chonen]] (d. 1016), and [[Jojin]] (1011-1081). | ||
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+ | Over the centuries, more than one hundred [[temples]] are said to have been built on the flat summit of this mountain. Beginning in the [[Yuan dynasty]] (1271-1368), lamaseries, or [[temples]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]], were also built there. | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:34, 26 December 2023
Wu-t'ai, Mount
五台山 (PY Wutai; Jpn Godai-san)
Also known as Mount Ch'ing-liang. A mountain located in the Wu-t'ai mountain range in Shansi Province in China.
This mountain has long been identified with Mount Clear and Cool (Ch'ing-liang) where, according to the Flower Garland Sutra, Bodhisattva Manjushri dwells.
It was counted as foremost of the four sacred mountains related to Buddhism in China, the other three being:
Mount P'u-t'o, which is associated with Bodhisattva Perceiver of the World's Sounds;
Mount Chiu-hua, with Bodhisattva Earth Repository; and
Mount E-mei, with Bodhisattva Universal Worthy.
Mount Wu-t'ai prospered as a center of Chinese Buddhism where eminent priests from throughout the country as well as from Central Asia, Korea, and Japan studied, practiced, and lectured.
In 766 Pu-k'ung and Han-kuang made it a center of Esoteric Buddhism, building two temples there.
In 770 Fa-chao, a noted priest of the Pure Land teachings, engaged there in the practice of reciting the name of Amida Buddha.
Ch'eng-kuan (738-839), the fourth patriarch of the Flower Garland school (Hua-yen), stayed at Ta-hua-yen-ssu temple on Mount Wu-tai and lectured on the Flower Garland Sutra.
The mountain was a center of the Flower Garland school and also a center of the Chinese Zen (Ch'an) school.
Among the Japanese priests who made a pilgrimage there were Gembo(d. 746), Jikaku (794-864), Chonen (d. 1016), and Jojin (1011-1081).
Over the centuries, more than one hundred temples are said to have been built on the flat summit of this mountain. Beginning in the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), lamaseries, or temples of Tibetan Buddhism, were also built there.