Esoteric Buddhism: Tendai and Shingon
Tendai Buddhist Open Teachings offers readings.
Kukai and Shingon, Mt. Hiei and the Tendai School - by Richard Hooker
Tendai Buddhist Open Teachings
HeavenEarth Net, Shingon Buddhist International Institute
Mandala of the Five Dhyani Buddhas (these are Tibetan, but but the same have also been incorporated into Japanese Esoteric Buddhism)
Figures of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the Womb World (Taizokai) Mandala:
1. Dainichi Nyorai, The Great Buddha of Universal Illumination (Absolute Truth)
2. Hodo Nyorai (Ratnaketu, Buddha of the East)
3. Fugen Bosatsu, (Boddhisattva of Infinite Beauty and Kindness)
4. Kaifukeo Nyorai (Samkusumitaraja, Buddha of the West)
5. Monju Bosatsu, Bodhisattva of Beautiful Splendor (Wisdom)
6. Muryoju Nyorai (Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Life)
7. Kannon Bosatsu, Bodhisattva of Compassion
8. Tenkuraion Nyorai (Divyadundubhimeghanirghosa, Buddha of the North)
9. Miroku Bosatsu, the Benevolent Bodhisattva (Future Savior)
Pure Land (Jodo) and True Pure Land (Jodo-Shinshu) Buddhism
Jodo Ring, a list of 17 sites devoted to Pure Land and True Pure Land Buddhism
Jodo-Shinshu Buddhism, Dharma for the Modern Age, maintained by Richard St. Clair, with links to other Pure Land sites
"Aware" and Heian Poetics, by William J. Puette
"Aware as Sensitivity, Sadness," by Richard Hooker et al.
Early Women Masters in Buddhism, Taoism, Shinto & Zen
Ancient Japan, by Richard Hooker et al.
Feudal Japan, by Richard Hooker et al.
Tokugawa Japan, by Richard Hooker et al.
Kyoto National Museum, with many beautiful works of Japanese religious art
Shin Buddhism in Modern Culture a self-study course exploring Shin Buddhism historically and in the modern context.
Institute of Buddhist Studies seminary and graduate school affiliated with the Graduate Theological Union and associated with the Buddhist Churches of America.
History of Japanese Buddhism History of Shinto
Important Person's in the History of Japanese Buddhism. R.S. Green, University of Wisconsin Buddhist Studies Ph.D. program student. 1999.
Mahayana Buddhism and Japanese Thought HIDEO KISHMOTO, he University Press of Hawaii.
Buddhism In Japan
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