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Hossō

Buddhist school

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development of Yogachara

In Yogachara
Transmitted to Japan, as Hossō, sometime after 654, the Yogachara school split into two branches, the Northern and the Southern. During the 8th century it enjoyed a period of political influence and produced such celebrated priests as Gembō and Dōkyō. In modern times the school retained the important temples…
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introduction by Dōshō

In Dōshō
…founded the school known as Hossō (Chinese: Fa-hsiang), which continues the Wei-shih philosophy.
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In Xuanzang
…8th centuries, this school, called Hossō by the Japanese, became the most influential of all the Buddhist schools in Japan.
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