TENDAI SCHOOL Japanese form of the Chinese T’ien-t’ai school, brought to Japan from China in the 8th century by Saichō (Dengyō Daishi). There are no essential doctrinal differences between the Chinese and Japanese forms of the school. An important representative of the Tendai school was Ennin.
In Japan there were three subschools of Tendai: Sammon, Jimon, and Shinsei. The central focus in the Shinsei school is veneration of Buddha Amitābha.
Source: The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion: Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zen. Shambhala Publications, Inc.
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External Links: Tendai / Saichō / Jimon and Sanmon