Tendai

Also known as Tendai-shū

thumb|260px|Enryaku-ji, the head temple of Tendai at [[Mount Hiei]]

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Official website: www.tendai.or.jp
Image: 桜と比叡山延暦寺 (Enryaku-ji with Cherry Blossoms) 28 Apr, 2013 - panoramio.jpg

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inception: 0806-00-00

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38 sections

Contents

History
Foundation by Saichō
Disagreements with other schools
Development after Saichō
Development of Tendai practice traditions
Later Heian
Tendai Pure Land
Kamakura Period (1185–1333)
Muromachi and Sengoku Periods (1333–1600)
Edo Period (1603–1868)
Meiji Period to Present (1868–Present)
Worldview
Foundational Tendai philosophy
Doctrinal classification
Buddha-nature
Hongaku
Buddhahood with this very body
Honji suijaku
Study
Practice
Tendai Practice Theory
Shikan meditation
Pure Land practice
Tendai Esotericism (''Taimitsu'')
Lotus Esotericism (Hokke Mikkyō)
Bodhisattva precepts
Tendai and Shinto
Shugendō
Art and aesthetics
Key Tendai figures
Chinese Ancestors
Japanese Ancestors
Founders of new Kamakura schools
See also
Notes
References
Primary sources in translation
External links

thumb|260px|Enryaku-ji, the head temple of Tendai at [[Mount Hiei]]

, also known as the Tendai Dharma Flower School (天台法華宗, Tendai hokke shū, sometimes just Hokkeshū), is a Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition with significant esoteric elements that was officially established in Japan in 806 by the Japanese monk Saichō. The Tendai school, which has been based on Mount Hiei since its inception, rose to prominence during the Heian period (794–1185). It gradually eclipsed the powerful Hossō school and competed with the rival Shingon school to become the most influential sect at the Imperial court.