Outline of the Tendai School 天台宗概論講: PART ONE: What's in a Name?

The Tendai School’s present reach is rather modest, and so it will invariably be the case that most people make first contact with the Tendai tradition, indirectly, by way of some other tradition. We can imagine how this might paint a rather distorted picture of Tendai Buddhism itself, as these accounts naturally exhibit a bias in favour of the virtues of those other movements. It is with a mind to remedying this imbalance, that with this video, I begin a series of short videos, which ‘outline’ the depth and breadth of the Tendai Tradition (i.e. the Outline of the Tendai School 天台宗概論講 series).
This first video begins by discussing the name "Tiantai/Tendai", its use, meaning, and referent. And on the basis of this information, interprets the meaning implicit in the Japanese Tendai School’s Crest or Emblem.
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[@anthonybillings4077]

Great details revealed in this lecture. It culminates in the Crest, which is, for me, art for meditation. Thank you.

[@TwoBuddhasMeditation]

Fabulous! Wonderful background. Thank you!

[@wk801]

Keep up the good work!

[@julyper]

I have attended a Shingon temple in the US for a while. I have been meaning to research more into Tendai on its own terms, as I understand that Kobo Daishi would have had a polemic goal in placing Tiantai/Tendai below Shingon in his hierarchy. Thank you for this resource 🙏

[@ginabanadab]

I'm glad that our video has been helpful in beginning your exploration into Tendai. We also have episode two of the series on our 'lineage', and will hopefully have episode three out before too long. If you ever have any questions that arise, or ideas for future videos, please don't hesitate to put them here in the comments. At some point I may be able to do a "Q&A" video. Thank you for taking the time to watch our material 🙏

[@FearlessWisdom]

You're doing great work, keep it up reverend! Very inspiring to see traditional East Asian Buddhism being represented on youtube

[@ginabanadab]

Thank you very much Javier for the encouragement and positive feedback 🙏 I'm a fan of your content too, especially the Historical Tour series. I hope to see more in the future 🙏

[@epoflacko108]

So the Tiantai mountain is a Led Zeppelin reference 😮
Jokes aside, this video is incredible, thanks for sharing your knowledge, I learned a lot just from this 30 min video 🙏 I practice Chan Buddhism but I am very interested in Tiantai thought and practices as well ⭐⭐⭐

[@brianhayes7357]

I like how the section titles evoke transience

[@gregory2118]

Great channel will follow from now on

[@blob15man]

I suppose Huayan is also referred to by its founder, 贤首宗 is used pretty commonly.

[@ginabanadab]

Good point! You're correct, I didn't think about 賢首宗 as an alternative for 華嚴宗. Now that I'm thinking about it, it is another interesting comparison, inasmuch as we aren't referring to it as 杜順宗 or 終南宗. Thank you for reminding us of that example 🙏