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Enni
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'''Enni Ben'en (圓爾辯圓; 1 November 1202 – 10 November 1280) or simply Enni, also known as Shōichi Kokushi''', was a Japanese Buddhist monk. He started his Buddhist training as a Tendai monk. While he was studying with Eisai, a vision of Sugawara no Michizane appeared to him in a dream and told him to go to China and study meditation. Following this vision, he met the Rinzai teacher Wuzhun Shifan in China, and studied Mahayana with him. When he returned to Japan, after founding Jōten-ji temple in Hakata (Fukuoka), he founded Tōfuku-ji monastery in Kyoto, and practiced Zen as well as other types o
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- Religious biography.name
- Enni Ben'en
- Religious biography.native_name
- 圓爾辯圓
- Religious biography.native_name_lang
- ja
- Religious biography.image
- Ennibenen11365679847362.jpg
- Religious biography.caption
- Painting of Enni by the monk Kichizan Minchō. Kamakura period, 14th century
- Religious biography.birth_date
- 1 November 1202(15th day, 10th month, Kennin 5)
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Shizuoka, Japan
- Religious biography.death_date
- 10 November 1280 (age 78)(17th day, 10th month, Kōan 3)
- Religious biography.death_place
- Mount Kōya, Japan
- Religious biography.religion
- Buddhism
- Religious biography.school
- Mahayana Buddhism, Rinzai, Tendai
- Religious biography.teacher
- Eisai, Wuzhun Shifan
- Chinese.title
- Enni Ben'en
- Chinese.s
- 圆尔辩圆
- Chinese.t
- 圓爾辯圓
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- Yuán'ěr Biànyuán
- Chinese.bpmf
- ㄩㄢˊ ㄦˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄩㄢˊ
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of death
- Tōfuku-ji Temple
- Occupation
- Buddhist monk
- Student of
- Wuzhun Shifan
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- Ennibenen11365679847362.jpg
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- 1202-11-01
- date of death
- 1280-11-10
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- 円爾
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- Enni Ben'en
- posthumous name
- 聖一国師
- name in kana
- べんえん
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'''Enni Ben'en (圓爾辯圓; 1 November 1202 – 10 November 1280) or simply Enni, also known as Shōichi Kokushi''', was a Japanese Buddhist monk. He started his Buddhist training as a Tendai monk. While he was studying with Eisai, a vision of Sugawara no Michizane appeared to him in a dream and told him to go to China and study meditation. Following this vision, he met the Rinzai teacher Wuzhun Shifan in China, and studied Mahayana with him. When he returned to Japan, after founding Jōten-ji temple in Hakata (Fukuoka), he founded Tōfuku-ji monastery in Kyoto, and practiced Zen as well as other types of Buddhism. His disciples included Mujū.
It is traditionally believed that Enni was one of the monks who introduced noodles to Japan from China.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Enni” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.