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'''Kegon''' ({{lang-ja|華厳宗|links=no}}) is the [[Religion in Japan|Japanese]] transmission of the [[Huayan]] school of [[Chinese Buddhism]].<br />
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Huayan studies were founded in Japan in 736 when the scholar-priest [[Rōben]] (良辯 or 良弁), originally a monk of the [[East Asian Yogācāra]] tradition, invited [[Shinshō]] ({{cjkv|t=審祥|r=Shinjō|p=Shenxiang|rr=Simsang}}) to give lectures on the ''[[Avatamsaka Sutra]]'' at Kinshōsen Temple (金鐘山寺, also 金鐘寺 ''Konshu-ji'' or ''Kinshō-ji''), the origin of later [[Tōdai-ji]]. When the construction of the Tōdai-ji was completed, Rōben entered that temple to formally initiate Kegon as a field of study in [[Buddhism in Japan]], and Kegon-shū would become known as one of the ''[[Buddhism in Japan#Asuka and Nara Periods|Nanto Rikushū]]'' (南都六宗) or "Six Buddhist Sects of [[Nara, Nara|Nanto]]". Rōben's disciple [[Jitchū]] continued administration of Tōdai-ji and expanded its prestige through the introduction of imported rituals.<br />
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Kegon thought would later be popularized by [[Myōe]] (明惠), who combined its doctrines with those of [[Vajrayana]] and [[Gyōnen]] (凝然), and is most responsible for the establishment of the Tōdai-ji lineage of Kegon. Over time, Kegon incorporated esoteric ritual from [[Shingon Buddhism]], with which it shared a cordial relationship. Its practice continues to this day, and includes a few temples overseas.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Buddhism in Japan]]<br />
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==Literature==<br />
* Daigan Lee Matsunaga und Alicia Orloff Matsunaga: Foundation of Japanese Buddhism; Vol. I; The aristocratic age. Buddhist Books International, Los Angeles und Tokio 1974. {{ISBN|0-914910-25-6}}.<br />
* Thomas Cleary (trans.): The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sūtra (1993). {{ISBN|0-87773-940-4}}<br />
* Gimello, Robert ; Girard, Frédéric ; Hamar, Imre (2012). Avataṃsaka Buddhism in East Asia : Huayan, Kegon, Flower Ornament Buddhism ; origins and adaptation of a visual culture, Asiatische Forschungen: Monographienreihe zur Geschichte, Kultur und Sprache der Völker Ost- u. Zentralasiens, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, {{ISBN|978-3-447-06678-5}}.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* (Japanese) [http://www.todaiji.or.jp 華厳宗大本山 東大寺の公式ホームページ]<br />
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