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| − | Also, [[Mahayana | + | Also, [[Mahayana ordination]] hall or [[Mahayana ordination]] center. A place for conducting the {{Wiki|ceremony}} conferring the [[Mahayana precepts]]. The first [[Mahayana ordination]] platform built in [[Japan]] was the one at [[Enryaku-ji]] [[temple]] on [[Mount Hiei]]. Before that, {{Wiki|priests}} had been [[ordained]] exclusively in the [[Hinayana precepts]]. [[Dengyo]], the founder of the [[Japanese]] [[Tendai school]], repeatedly sought {{Wiki|imperial}} permission to establish a [[Mahayana ordination]] center at [[Mount Hiei]] over the objections of the [[Buddhist]] schools based at [[Nara]]. Permission was finally granted in 822 seven days after [[Dengyo's]] [[death]], and a building housing the [[Mahayana ordination]] platform was erected there in 827. |
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Mahayana ordination platform
[大乗戒壇] (Jpn daijo-kaidan )
Also, Mahayana ordination hall or Mahayana ordination center. A place for conducting the ceremony conferring the Mahayana precepts. The first Mahayana ordination platform built in Japan was the one at Enryaku-ji temple on Mount Hiei. Before that, priests had been ordained exclusively in the Hinayana precepts. Dengyo, the founder of the Japanese Tendai school, repeatedly sought imperial permission to establish a Mahayana ordination center at Mount Hiei over the objections of the Buddhist schools based at Nara. Permission was finally granted in 822 seven days after Dengyo's death, and a building housing the Mahayana ordination platform was erected there in 827.
