Vajrabodhi

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Painting of Vajrabodhi. Japan, Kamakura period (14th century)

Vajrabodhi (

Shingon Buddhism. He is notable for introducing Vajrayana Buddhism in the territories of the Srivijaya Empire which subsequently evolved into a distinct form known as Indonesian Esoteric Buddhism.[1]

Biography

Vajrabodhi was the second of three Vajrayana

Nālandā at the age of ten.[3]

He studied all varieties of Buddhism and was said to have studied for a time under the famous Buddhist logician

Vajrayāna teachings and was duly initiated into yoga
.

Leaving

Persian merchant-vessels,[4] and by AD 720 was ensconced in the Jianfu Temple at the Chinese capital, Chang'an (present-day Xi'an). Accompanying him was his soon-to-be-famous disciple, Amoghavajra
.

Like

Shingon and Esoteric branch of the Tendai school in Japan. Like Subhakarasimha, Vajrabodhi had ties to high court circles and enjoyed the patronage of imperial princesses; he also taught Korean monk Hyecho; who went on to travel India and Umayyad Persia. Vajrabodhi died in 741 and was buried south of the Longmen Grottoes
. He was posthumously awarded the title Guoshi ("Teacher of the Realm").

References

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  2. ^ Cho, Yi-Liang (2006). Tantrism in China. In: Payne, Richard, K. "Tantric Buddhism in East Asia", Wisdom Publications, pp.47-51.
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  4. ^ Iranian cultural impact on south-east Asia

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