Religious Studies 1023E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Joda, Nianfo, Shinran

• School: Western University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: Religious Studies 1023E
• Professor: Jonathan Geen

Document Summary

3 kinds of buddhism developed during the kamakura period (1185-1333 ce): o. City was built to model tang dynasty model in china. Lots of buddhism in capitals, illegal to spread buddhism outside of capitals. Lots of temples, nearly bankrupt the country: government had pumped so much money into buddhist institutions. Became richer than the gov"t, started making demands of the gov"t o. Emperor kammu moves the capital city of japan away from nara. Move to heian and the start of the heien perio (794-1185) First moved to nagaoka, but turned out to be haunted to they couldn"t stay there, so they moved to heian. Moved to escape corrupt buddhist institutions: buddhism was characterized by: So much material support the emperor felt the need to relocate the capital. Heian period: kammu wanted to develop a new sect of buddhism. Needed to find a buddhist he could trust &work with o.