Ryōben
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Ryōben [alt Rōben] (良辨) (689–773). The founder of the Japenese Kegon school and first abbot of the Tōdai-ji temple in Nara Japan.[1] His life spanned the late Asuka period (538 – 710) to the early Nara period (710 – 794), a period associated with the establishment of Buddhism in Japan.[2]
Ryōben originally studied the teachings of the Hossō school.[1]
In 740, he invited an eminent Korean monk of the Silla kingdom (57 BC – 935 AD) named Simsang (J. Shinjō) to Japan, to teach on the Avatamsaka Sutra.[1] This led to the foundation of the Kegon school in Japan. Simsang is generally regarded at the first patriarch of this school, and Ryōben as the second patriarch of the Kegon school.[1]
Further reading
Rōben, Wikipedia
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. Ryōben
- ↑ "Rōben (良弁)". Nihon Jinmei Daijiten (日本人名大辞典) (in 日本語). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-04-23.