Mount Kōya
Kukai
...practice. In 816, Emperor Saga accepted Kukai's request to establish a mountain retreat at Mount Koya as a retreat from worldly affairs. The ground was officially consecrated in...
Shingon Buddhism
...Buddha Vairocana (or, more accurately, Mahavairocana Tathagata). He established a monastery on Mount Koya, which became the head of the Shingon sect of Buddhism. Shingon enjoyed...
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Toyotomi Hidetsugu
Finally, in 1595, Hidetsugu was accused of plotting a coup and ordered to commit seppuku at Mt. Koya. Together with him died his three wakashu, who committed seppuku with his...
Shudo
...brought over from the mainland, together with the teachings of the Shingon, the teachings of male love. Mount Koya, where Kobo Daishi's monastery is still located, was a byword for male...
Iranian Dissidents Find Escape Route Through Iraq
...Movement. The Iranian Kurdistan Democratic Party has kept a base for decades in the northern Iraqi city of Koya. At the moment, they are also hosting a number of exiles from Iran, but...
Mount Koya
...Columbia, see Koyah. For the language spoken in India, see Koya language. Danjogaran, the central point of Mt. Koya. is the name of mountains in Wakayama prefecture to the south of...
Semboku Rapid Railway
...and connects Izumi-Chuo Station with Nakamozu Station, with through operations to Nankai Electric Railway's Koya Line up to Namba Station of southern downtown Osaka. Along with...
Meditation with monks
In 816, after years of study in China, a Japanese monk named Kukai climbed the holy mountain of Mount Koya and created the first temple of the Shingon sect of Esoteric Buddhism among...
Nankai Koya Line
...is indicated, to distinguish from Nankai Lines, with pictograms of coniferous-like trees which infer Mount Koya, or with the line colour, green. Between Namba and Kongo or Kawachinagano,...
Nankai Cable Line
...in Koya , Wakayama , operated by Nankai Electric Railway. The line opened in 1930 as a route to Mount Koya, a famous Buddhism spot. This is the only funicular line that accepts smart...
Kogyo-Daishi
...in Buddhism at Todai-ji in Nara, the twenty year old received full ordination. Kakuban left for Mount Koya (Koya-san), then the center of the Shingon sect, to pursue further learning of...
