Myōken
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my-ken-196-10471689
title:
Myōken
text:
Myōken, also known as Sonjō-Ō, is a Buddhist deification of the North Star worshiped mainly in the Shingon, Tendai and Nichiren schools of Japanese Buddhism. Despite the alleged Sanskrit origin of his name and his bodhisattva status, Myōken is conspicuously absent from early Buddhist literature, with his name first appearing in apocryphal sutras of Chinese origin. He is thus thought to have originated from Taoist and folk beliefs regarding the northern pole star and/or the Big Dipper that had sy
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description:
Buddhist deification of the North Star
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%C5%8Dken
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2024-02-20T08:29:09Z
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