Myōe
Myōe (明恵) (February 21, 1173 – February 11, 1232) was a Japanese Buddhist monk active during the Kamakura period who also went by the name Kōben (J. 高弁; Chinese: 高辨, Gāo Biàn). He was a prolific scholar monk who composed over 50 works.[1] He was a contemporary of Jōkei and Hōnen.
Myōe was the founder and abbot and founder of Kōzan-ji temple of the Kegon school. He combined the Kegon lineage with Tendai and Shingon esoteric lineages.[2][3][4]
Myōe promoted the practice of the mantra of light (kōmyō shingon) as simple efficacious practice that was available to all, lay and monastic. He also promoted the idea that this mantra could lead to rebirth in Amitabha's pure land, thus providing a Kegon alternative to popular Japanese Pure Land (Jodo Shu) methods.[5]
Further reading
Myōe, Wikipedia- Buddhism in Japan, Wikipedia
Notes
- ↑ Unno, Mark (2004). Shingon Refractions: Myoe and the Mantra of Light, p. 14. Simon and Schuster.
- ↑ Silk, Jonathan A. (ed. in chief) et al. (2019.) Brill's Encyclopedia of Buddhism Volume II: Lives, pp. 1071-1075. BRILL, Leiden|Boston.
- ↑ Unno, Mark (2004). Shingon Refractions: Myoe and the Mantra of Light, p. 55. Simon and Schuster.
- ↑ Mross, Michaela. ""Vocalizing the Lament over the Buddha's Passing: A Study of Myōe's Shiza kōshiki" | The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies". buddhiststudies.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ↑ Unno, Mark (2004). Shingon Refractions: Myoe and the Mantra of Light, pp. 25-45. Simon and Schuster.