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  • Yadoya Mitsunori

    [宿屋光則] (n.d.)

  • yaksha

    [夜叉] (;  yasha)

  • Yakushi

    [薬師] ()

  • Yakushi-ji

    [薬師寺] (1) (2)

  • Yakushin

    [益信] (827–906)

  • Yama

    [閻魔] (, Pali;  Emma)

  • Yāma Heaven

    [夜摩天] (;  Yama-ten)

  • Yamashina-dera

    [山階寺]

  • yāna

    [乗] (, Pali;  jō)

  • Yasa

    [耶舎] (Pali;  Yasha)

  • Yashas

    [耶舎・耶輸陀・夜輸] (; Pali Yasa;  Yasha, Yashuda, or Yashu)

  • Yashodharā

    [耶輸陀羅・耶輸多羅] (; Pali Yasodharā;  Yashudara or Yashutara)

  • Yin-yüan

    [隠元] (PY Yinyuan;  Ingen)

  • yoga

    [瑜伽] (, Pali;  yuga)

  • Yogāchāra school

    [瑜伽行派] (;  Yugagyō-ha)

  • yojana

    [由旬] (, Pali;  yujun)

  • Yōkan

    [永観] (1033–1111)

  • Yokei

    [余慶] (919–991)

  • Yü-ch’üan-ssu

    [玉泉寺] (PY Yuquansi;  Gyokusen-ji)

  • Yüeh-chih

    [月氏] (PY Yuezhi;  Gesshi)

  • Yün-kang caves

    [雲岡石窟] (PY Yungang;  Unkō-sekkutsu)

  • Yūzū Nembutsu school

    [融通念仏宗] ( Yūzū Nembutsu-shū)

Yōkan [永観] (1033–1111): Also known as Eikan. A priest of the Three Treatises (Sanron) school and a precursor of the Pure Land (Jōdo) school in Japan. He was born in Kyoto, where he entered the priesthood in 1043 and studied Esoteric Buddhism as a disciple of Jinkan of Zenrin-ji temple. In the following year he went to Tōdai-ji temple and studied the doctrines of the Three Treatises, Dharma Characteristics (Hossō), and Flower Garland (Kegon) schools. He then practiced the Nembutsu, or the recitation of Amida Buddha’s name. Later he retired to Kōmyōzan-ji temple in Yamashiro Province where he devoted himself to practicing the Nembutsu. After a decade of such practice, he returned to Tōdai-ji temple and in 1100 was appointed its superintendent. He again left the temple, however, to practice and disseminate the Nembutsu. Yōkan wrote The Ten Conditions for Rebirth in the Pure Land and The Rituals of the Assembly for Rebirth in the Pure Land.


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