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On Bonshakuji as the Penultimate Buddhist Temple to Protect the State in Early Japanese History
Author Keyworth, George A. (著)
Source Religions
Volumev.13 n.7
Date2022.07
Pages23
PublisherMDIP
Publisher Url https://www.mdpi.com/
LocationBasel, Switzerland [巴塞爾, 瑞士]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
Note1. Author Affiliation: University of Saskatchewan.

2. Religions 2022, 13(7), 641.
KeywordJapanese Buddhism; early Japanese history; Bonshakuji; Eichū; Segyō; Jōtō; Suvarṇabhāsottama-sūtra; Heian Buddhism; State Protection Buddhism; first record of tea in Japan
AbstractDuring the 740s in Japan, the emperor established Buddhist temples in nearly all the provinces, in which three Buddhist scriptures were chanted to avert natural disasters. Tōdaiji, in the recently constructed capital, was the head temple of a network of Temples of Bright Golden Light and Four Heavenly Kings to Protect the State. The principal Buddhist scripture followed in these temples was the Golden Light Sūtra, translated from Sanskrit into Chinese in Tang China at the beginning of the 8th century. This article investigates the history of an understudied example of one of these temples, called Bonshakuji. Emperor Kanmu (r. 781–806) repurposed it in 786 after the introduction from China of novel rituals to protect the state. It had among the most important Buddhist temple libraries, which came to rival perhaps only that of Tōdaiji through the 12th century. I also examine how and why scholar officials and powerful monastics, particularly those associated with the so-called esoteric Tendai and Shingon temples of Enryakuji and Miidera, and Tōji and Daigoji, respectively, utilized the library of Bonshakuji and older and novel state protection texts kept there to preserve early Japanese state-supported Buddhist worldmaking efforts long after that state had become virtually bankrupt.
Table of contentsAbstract 1
Keywords 1
1. Bonshakuji and the Golden Light Sūtra 1
2. Provincial Temples, State Protection Buddhism, Chinese “Sounds”, and the Golden Light Sūtra 4
3. Sūfukuji and Bonshakuji 9
4. The Library and Scholar Monks at Bonshakuji 13
5. Conclusions 14
Notes 15
Primary Sources 19
Published Sources 19

ISSN20771444 (E)
DOI10.3390/rel13070641
Hits49
Created date2023.09.27
Modified date2023.09.27



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