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[含光] (n.d.) (PY Hanguang; Jpn Ganko) | [含光] (n.d.) (PY Hanguang; Jpn Ganko) | ||
| − | A priest of [[Esoteric Buddhism]] who lived in [[China]] in the eighth century. According to one account, Han-kuang was a native of [[India]]. A {{Wiki|senior}} [[disciple]] of [[Pu-k'ung]] (Skt [[Amoghavajra]]), a [[patriarch]] of [[Esoteric Buddhism]], he traveled to [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]] with his [[teacher]]. After returning to [[China]], he lived at Pao-shou-ssu [[temple]] in [[Ch'ang-an]], the {{Wiki|capital}}, and assisted [[Pu-k'ung]] in various [[activities]] including the translation of [[Sanskrit]] [[Buddhist scriptures]] into {{Wiki|Chinese}}. He was regarded as foremost among the forty-nine most [[virtuous]] priests of [[Ta-hsing-shan-ssu temple]], the largest of the [[temples]] in [[Ch'ang-an]]. With [[Pu-k'ung]], he built Chin-ko-ssu, or {{Wiki|Gold}} Pavilion [[Temple]], on Mount [[Wu-t'ai]] and made it a center of [[Esoteric Buddhism]]. | + | A priest of [[Esoteric Buddhism]] who lived in [[China]] in the eighth century. According to one account, Han-kuang was a native of [[India]]. A {{Wiki|senior}} [[disciple]] of [[Pu-k'ung]] (Skt [[Amoghavajra]]), a [[patriarch]] of [[Esoteric Buddhism]], he traveled to [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]] with his [[teacher]]. After returning to [[China]], he lived at Pao-shou-ssu [[temple]] in [[Ch'ang-an]], the {{Wiki|capital}}, and assisted [[Pu-k'ung]] in various [[activities]] including the translation of [[Sanskrit]] [[Buddhist scriptures]] into {{Wiki|Chinese}}. He was regarded as foremost among the forty-nine most [[virtuous]] {{Wiki|priests}} of [[Ta-hsing-shan-ssu temple]], the largest of the [[temples]] in [[Ch'ang-an]]. With [[Pu-k'ung]], he built Chin-ko-ssu, or {{Wiki|Gold}} Pavilion [[Temple]], on Mount [[Wu-t'ai]] and made it a center of [[Esoteric Buddhism]]. |
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<poem> Han-kuang [含光] (n.d.) (PY Hanguang; Jpn Ganko)
A priest of Esoteric Buddhism who lived in China in the eighth century. According to one account, Han-kuang was a native of India. A senior disciple of Pu-k'ung (Skt Amoghavajra), a patriarch of Esoteric Buddhism, he traveled to India and Sri Lanka with his teacher. After returning to China, he lived at Pao-shou-ssu temple in Ch'ang-an, the capital, and assisted Pu-k'ung in various activities including the translation of Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures into Chinese. He was regarded as foremost among the forty-nine most virtuous priests of Ta-hsing-shan-ssu temple, the largest of the temples in Ch'ang-an. With Pu-k'ung, he built Chin-ko-ssu, or Gold Pavilion Temple, on Mount Wu-t'ai and made it a center of Esoteric Buddhism.
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