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	Kyoto Temples: Enryakuji
		From the beginning, Enryakuji was first and for all a center of scholarship.
		Enryakuji consists of three precincts: the Toto or Eastern Precinct, where the main temple stands; the Saito or Western Precinct; and the Yokawa area, which is four kilometers further north.
		Enryakuji's discipline is strict, every monk is expected to follow in the footsteps of Saicho.
	www.xs4all.nl /~daikoku/junrei/reijo/8-ban.htm (2320 words)

	Take a BrainSip (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		'''Enryakuji''' (&24310;&26278;&23546;), a monastery on Mount Hiei (&27604;&21473;&23665;) overlooking Kyoto, was founded during the late eighth and early ninth centuries by Saicho (&26368;&28548;: 767-822 AD), also known as Dengyo Daishi (&20659;&25945;&22823;&24107;), who introduced the Tendai (&22825;&21488;; Chinese tian1 tai2) sect to Japan from China.
		One of the most significant monasteries in Japanese history, it served as (and still is) the headquarters of the Tendai sect, the Buddhist sect that was popular among the aristocracy of the time and served as foundation for a number of later sects including the Pure Land (&27972;&22303;), Zen (&31109;), and Nichiren (&26085;&34030;) sects.
		Enryakuji consists of three sections: the Todo (&26481;&22530;; East Hall, also the quarters where the former head priest resides), the Saito (&35199;&22530;; West Hall, also the abode of a retired head priest from a separate monastery), and the Yokawa (&27178;&24029;).
	enryakuji.mestskadoprava.sk (382 words)

	The Age of the Samurai - Warrior Monk (Sohei) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		His objective was to completely destroy Enryakuji and this threat was very real when the town of Sakamoto at the foot of the mountain was burned down and sacked.
		Enryakuji remained a ghostly ruin during Nobunaga's reign, probably as a deterrent, until Hideyoshi rebuilt the complex but only with 125 buildings.
		When the warrior monks of Enryakuji descended down from Mount Hiei to Kyoto the imperial family, and not a few citizens, were terrified by the experience because they carried with them the sacred mikoshi.
	www.taots.co.uk /content/view/32/27 (1881 words)

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		Enryakuji temple was founded in the fourth year of Enryaku (758) by Saicho, the Great Teacher Dengyo.8 Enryakuji flourished as a temple of the sanctuary of the provisional teachings of the Lotus Sutra.
		However, the will of Dengyo for Enryakuji temple to be a center for the transmission of Buddhism based mainly on the Lotus Sutra was maintained only up until the time of Gishin9 who succeeded Dengyo.
		Notwithstanding Dengyo's dying wishes, the veritable law of the Lotus Sutra later became completely distorted at Enryakuji temple as this institution promoted the mistaken doctrine of Shingon10 being the true teachings of Buddhism and the Lotus Sutra being secondary or merely close to the Shingon teachings.
	www.nst.org /articles/NDPt3.txt (2291 words)

	Enryaku-ji - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Warrior monks were used to settle the disputes, and Tendai leaders began to hire mercenary armies who threatened rivals and even marched on the capital to enforce monastic demands.
		The current buildings date from the latter half of the 16th century to the first half of the 17th century, when the temple was reconstructed following a change of government.
		Today, most of Enryakuji's attractions consists of three areas: the Todo (東堂; East Hall, also the quarters where the former head priest resides), the Saito (西堂; West Hall, also the abode of a retired head priest from a separate monastery), and the Yokawa (横川).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Enryakuji (406 words)

	Shingon and Tendai Buddhism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tendai, brought to Japan by Kukai's contemporary Saicho or Dengyo Daishi (767-822) established its headquarters at the temple of Enryakuji on a mountain near Kyoto, initially for solitude.
		In 1574 Enryakuji, by then a complex of around 3,000 buildings, was almost entirely destroyed by the army of Oda Nobunaga, the first unifier of Japan.
		Tendai-trained monks were responsible for all the 'new Buddhisms' (Pure Land, Nichiren and Zen) of the Kamakura period, and the sect retains a substantial presence in mainstream Japanese Buddhism today.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/easia/shingon.html (454 words)

	Eisai Biography \| eorl_04_package.xml
		Enryakuji was a center not only for the study of the scholastic Tendai (Chin., Tiantai) Buddhism introduced to Japan by the monk Saichō (767–822), but also for Esoteric (Taimitsu, in this case) Buddhist practices.
		In this degenerating spiritual environment some earnest young monks conceived the desire to restore Enryakuji and Tendai Buddhism to their earlier glory; Eisai too became convinced of the urgent need to revitalize Buddhism in Japan.
		In 1194 monks from Enryakuji, arguing that Eisai was heretically engaged in an attempt to establish a new branch of Buddhism in Japan, persuaded the court to issue an edict proscribing Zen.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/eisai-eorl-04 (1077 words)

	History and Government>
		Founded in 788 by the monk Saicho, the Enryakuji grew throughout the Heian period to include thousands of buildings and to hold considerable influence as the vanguard of Tendai Buddhism.
		Outright battles between the Enryakuji and Mii-dera were common during the later Heian Period, and saw the later burned to the ground numerous times.
		The warrior monks of the Enryakuji would continue to play an important role in the Kyoto area for hundreds of years, until the advent of Oda Nobunaga.
	www.angelfire.com /rpg/nippon/history.html (5971 words)

	Mt. Hiei and Enryaku-ji, Kyoto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		For many centuries, the Japanese have considered Enryakuji temple, situated atop Mt. Hieizan, northeast of Kyoto, to be one of the spiritual centers of their culture.
		Enryakuji consists of three sections: The Todo (East Gate), the Saito (West Gate), and the Yokawa.
		Otherwise, the Shakado is the same as the Kompon chudo, with the sunken altars and the three lanterns.
	www.yamasa.org /japan/english/destinations/kyoto/enryakuji.html (1170 words)

	tenkafubu-eizan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Enryakuji had been considered as one of the holiest places in Japan.
		The whole site of Enryakuji is so large that you may need one day to see thoroughly.
		Today Enryakuji is surrounded by forest and we can see no traces of the tragedy.
	www.j-link.ne.jp /~hiromami/eizan_copy.html (119 words)

	Kyoto Travel: Enryakuji
		Enryakuji on Hieizan, a wooded mountain northeast of Kyoto, has been one of the most significant monasteries in Japanese history.
		It is the headquarters of the Tendai sect, the Buddhist sect that served as foundation for a number of later evolving sects including the Pure Land (Jodo), Zen and Nichiren sects.
		At its peak, Enryakuji had as many as 3000 subtemples and a powerful army of warrior monks who were not seldomly engaged in power struggles with other monasteries and political leaders.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e3911.html (336 words)

	Notes for Tale of Heike, Chapter 2
		The Enryakuji monks travel to the provinces where their abbot Meiun is living in exile and bring him home to Mt.
		Miidera is an enormous temple complex different from, and in rivalry with, the Enryakuji complex at Mt. Hiei.
		It seems obvious from the drift of this section that the worker-monks are associated with Miidera and the scholar-monks with Enryakuji.
	www.sonic.net /~tabine/Heike/Heikechpt02.html (1902 words)

	Buddhist Channel \| Arts & Culture \| The splendor of Tendai art
		Under the patronage of Emperor Kanmu and later Emperor Saga, The Tendai sect was officially established and given the important right to ordain priests at Enryakuji, the temple founded by Saicho on Kyoto's Mt. Hiei.
		Another document with beautiful calligraphy is believed to have been written by Emperor Saga himself in 823 as the decree recognizing Enryakuji as the main temple of the Tendai sect.
		A beautiful statue of a seated Yakushi Nyorai from Zensuiji temple in Shiga Prefecture comes from the period at the end of the 10th century when more than a century had passed since the last influx of Chinese sculptures and a uniquely Japanese style of Buddhist sculpture was beginning to evolve.
	www.buddhistchannel.tv /index.php?id=5,2491,0,0,1,0 (1192 words)

	Temples in the Kansai: Doganji
		With famous temples as Enryakuji, Ishiyamadera and Miidera, Shiga is one of Japan's prefectures with the highest number of National Treasures.
		Shiga was the backyard of the huge Enryakuji monastery on Mt. Hiei and you find therefore many Tendai temples here — such as the famous Koto Sanzan, the Three Temples East of the Lake.
		In the late 8th c., Saicho, the founder of Enryakuji and Tendai Buddhism, enlarged the single hall and built a full-fledged temple here.
	www.xs4all.nl /~daikoku/junrei/reijo/47-ban.htm (1208 words)

	Kokei #30343 #24950 977 1049 the author of the Enoshima...
		Hiei to Enryakuji Enryakuji Monastery, one of the centers of Japanese Buddhism.
		Around 1026, he left Enryakuji and built a thatched hermitage in the Tanba region north of Kyoto Kyoto at Ikegami (池上).
		As the seventh generation disciple in a direct line from Ennin Ennin (圓仁;), he was a learned monk who played an important role in the rise of the Tendai Tendai sect.
	www.biodatabase.de /Kokei (381 words)

	Manual of Nichiren Buddhism
		Onjôji in turn, was primarily affiliated with Enryakuji on Hieizan (Mt. Hiei) in the same province, but declared its independence from Enryakuji in 993, and called itself the Head Temple of the Tendai Shû Jimon Ha.
		Enryakuji was the head temple of the Tendai Sect of Japan.
		Enryakuji was, in turn, burned by the Onjôji Monk Army in the same year.
	la.nichirenshu.org /history/history.htm (9929 words)

	Shiga Prefecture - PHOTOGUIDE.JP
		Enryakuji Temple 延暦寺 - Headquarters of the Tendai Buddhist Sect atop Mt. Hie in Otsu.
		Otsu is one place to go as well as Enryakuji on Mt. Hiei which also gives great views of the lake.
		Enryakuji Temple atop Mt. Hiei, host to many warrior monks, was burned to the ground by Nobunaga.
	photoguide.jp /txt/Shiga_Prefecture (3394 words)

	Enryakuji temple leaders resign over yakuza service \| American Buddhist Net
		Enryakuji had rejected the Shiga prefectural police's request a day earlier to call off the event, saying it was too big to cancel on such short notice.
		There was no notable trouble as the gathering was held in the evening after the temple had closed.
		Enryakuji, on the border of Kyoto and Shiga prefectures, is designated a World Heritage site along with a group of Kyoto temples and shrines.
	americanbuddhist.net /node/1509 (492 words)

	Buddhist Channel \| Japan \| Top officials of famed Buddhist temple resign over yakuza memorial
		Gyoun Imadegawa, chief priest of Hieizan Enryakuji on the outskirts of the ancient capital, Kyoto, and six other board members, stepped down Thursday for damaging "faith" in the temple, said Enryakuji spokesman Jakuho Mizuo.
		The 1,200-year-old temple said it had been "extremely careless" in allowing a crime gang to use its facilities when most of the country has been calling for the elimination of such groups.
		Enryakuji, the most important temple in the Tendai sect of Buddhism, will send a letter of apology to the sect's 3,000 other temples in Japan, he said.
	www.buddhistchannel.tv /index.php?id=44,2732,0,0,1,0 (335 words)

	Photo_Gallery_04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Enryakuji once had been one of the most influential temples in Japan and many monks studied Buddhism here, some of whom later became founders of new Buddhist sects,like Hônen as the founder of Jôdoshû(Jôdo Sect),Nichiren as Nichirenshû(Nichiren Sect),and Shinran as Jôdoshinshû(Jôdo-shin Sect).
		So,Nobunaga demanded Enryakuji to expel them out of the mountain,but monks refused,due to their priding themselves on the supreme Buddhist authority in this country and therefore their supposing that no one dares to defy it.
		But against their presupposition,this refusal got blown up Nobunaga and he ordered his men to burn every temple and shrine in Mt.Hiei down and kill people living in it regardless of age or gender,and indiscriminately whether laics or monks.
	suzumotoj.web.infoseek.co.jp /gllry/eng/gallery04.html (354 words)

	Political/Military Influence of Buddhism in Asia - China History Forum, chinese history forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Basically the 'sohei' of for instance Kofukuji, Miidera or Enryakuji were the worker members of rather aristocratic monasteries.
		The “secular power” and “political influence” of such Buddhist temples as Enryakuji of the Tendai sect and Kofukuji of the Hosso sect have traditionally been seen by historians as “signs of corruption and degeneration”, because of “the modern idea that religion and politics are and ought to be separate”.
		The Kenmon temples (eg, Enryakuji (Hieizan), Todaiji (in Nara), Kofukuji) always remained leading institutions of state (at least until the 16th Century, dominated by aristocratic abbots, outside of legislated government control but part of the process of government.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=2362 (3853 words)

	Temple chided for gang ceremony / Enryakuji ignored police call to cancel Yamaguchi-gumi memorial service \| American ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Enryakuji, the head temple of the Tendai sect, allowed the Yamaguchi-gumi criminal syndicate to conduct a service last month for late leaders of the group that was attended by about 90 people, including top-ranking members, it has been learned.
		About 30 years ago, the Japan Buddhist Federation, a governing body of about 70,000 temples including Enryakuji, located on Mt. Hiei in Otsu, adopted a resolution that bars the temples from offering religious services for organized crime groups.
		Please be so kind as to provide a link to the original.
	americanbuddhist.net /node/1467 (783 words)

	History of Shiga Prefecture - PHOTOGUIDE.JP
		806: Saicho establishes Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei to desseminate the Tendai Buddhist Sect.
		1075: A battle erupts between the monks at Enryakuji Temple and Miidera Temple (Onjo Temple).
		He built a magnificent castle in Azuchi, and also torched many Buddhist temples such as Enryakuji in 1571 whose warring monks might have opposed him.
	photoguide.jp /txt/History_of_Shiga_Prefecture (3388 words)

	Mount Hiei - Guide360.com Travel Guide
		The temple of Enryakuji, the first Japanese outpost of the esoteric Tendai sect of Buddhism, was founded atop Mt. Hiei by Saicho in 788.
		There are also many other routes, with numerous small temples and waterfalls along the way, but watch out as signposting (even in Japanese) is lacking.
		The temples on Mt. Hiei are collectively known as Enryakuji (延暦寺), literally "Long Calendar Temple".
	www.guide360.com /destinations/Mount_Hiei (848 words)

	Heian Period
		From its earliest times, the Enryakuji was held to be off limits to both women and law enforcement bodies.
		abbot of the Enryakuji, called for his followers to form an army and drive away the undesirables.
		The monk Hônen (1133-1212), a former priest of the Enryakuji, founded what would become known as the Jodo, or Pure Land.
	samurai-archives.com /HeianPeriod.html (4975 words)

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