The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2510 page)
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T
ji
.
ji.
A temple in
Ky
to
, built in 796 by the emperor Kanmu when the capital was relocated there. In
c.
830, it was given to
K
kai
to serve as the centre of
Shingon
, after which it was called Konk
my
-shitenn
-ky
-gokokuji, or Ky
-gokokuji for short. The beautiful five-storey
pagoda
was reconstructed in the 17th cent.
Ky
to, built in 796 by the emperor Kanmu when the capital was relocated there. In
c.
830, it was given to
K
kaito serve as the centre of
Shingon
, after which it was called Konk
my-shitenn-ky-gokokuji, or Ky-gokokuji for short. The beautiful five-storeypagoda
was reconstructed in the 17th cent.
Tokudo
(Jap., ‘attainment of going beyond’). The ceremony in Zen Buddhism through which a layperson is initiated into Buddhism, or a monk is ordained.
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