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first established in Japan in the 6th century CE. Most of the Japanese Buddhists belong to new schools of Buddhism which were established in the Kamakura period...

non-contemporary Buddhist text states that Pushyamitra cruelly persecuted Buddhists. While some scholars believe he did persecute Buddhists based on the Buddhist accounts...

Buddhist temples or monasteries are (along with Shinto shrines) the most numerous, famous, and important religious buildings in Japan. The shogunates...

important role in the development of Japanese art between the 6th and the 16th centuries. Buddhist art and Buddhist religious thought came to Japan from China...

The Japanese Buddhist pantheon designates the multitude (the pantheon) of various Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and lesser deities and eminent religious masters...

Japanese Buddhist architecture is the architecture of Buddhist temples in Japan, consisting of locally developed variants of architectural styles born...

rationalism of Neo-Confucianism was in contrast to the mysticism of Zen Buddhism in Japan. Unlike the Buddhists, the Neo-Confucians believed that reality...

notable Buddhists, encompassing all the major branches of the religion (i.e. in Buddhism), and including interdenominational and eclectic Buddhist practitioners...

This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in Japan for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by prefecture. Kanjizai-ji...

forms. As a Buddhist art form, music has been used by Buddhists since the time of early Buddhism, as attested by artistic depictions in Indian sites...

Myanmar. At the 1950 World Fellowship of Buddhists, the flag of Buddhists was adopted as the International Buddhist Flag. The flag's six vertical bands represent...

Buddhist groups within the United States, including Asian-American Buddhists born into the faith, who comprise the largest percentage of Buddhists in...

Sokushinbutsu (即身仏) is a type of Buddhist mummy. In Japan the term refers to the practice of Buddhist monks observing asceticism to the point of death...

exceptions", it is not possible to differentiate between Shintoists and Buddhists in Japan. The main exceptions are members of minority religious groups, including...

society (see Religion in Japan), as of 2007[update], 90% of funerals are conducted as Buddhist ceremonies. Immediately after a death (or, in earlier days, just...

Marathi Buddhists (Marāṭhī Bauddha) are Buddhists of Marathi ethnic and linguistic identity. The religious community resides in the Indian state of Maharashtra...

A Buddhist temple or Buddhist monastery is the place of worship for Buddhists, the followers of Buddhism. They include the structures called vihara, chaitya...

Milton Keynes (Japanese) Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre https://manjushri.org Amaravati Buddhist Monastery (Thai) Jamyang London Buddhist Centre (FPMT/Tibetan)...

University, a Japanese Buddhist school. Suzuki was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1963. D. T. Suzuki was born Teitarō Suzuki in Honda-machi, Kanazawa...

largest body of Buddhist traditions. Mahayana, also practised in broader East Asia, is followed by over half of the world's Buddhists. The second largest...