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Kogyo-Daishi (興教大師) (
1095-
1143), or Kakuban (覚鑁), was widely renowned as the restorer of the
Shingon sect of
Buddhism in Japan. He was born in
Kyūshū about three hundred years after Shingon Buddhism was first founded by
Kūkai (空海)(Kōbō-Daishi (弘法大師)).
In his childhood, he renounced the world to enter the priesthood and became a pupil of
Kanjo-Sojo in
Kyoto. After prolonged training in Buddhism at
Todaiji Temple in
Nara, the twenty year old Kogyo-Daishi left for
Mount Koya (Kōya-san), then the center of the Shingon sect, to pursue further learning of Shingon Buddhism and its founder.
When he was thirty six, Kogyo-Daishi took leadership in the construction of the Shingon Sect. Eventually, he gathered an increasing throng of followers, attracted to his great wisdom and character and he became the chief priest of both the
Daidenpoin and
Kongobuji Temples. In time, he came to govern the entire religious district of Kōya-san as the Great Shingon Master. However, some in the area who harbored ill-will and envy against his great fame and power took action against him, such as setting fire to his residence, the Mitsugonin. In order to live in peace, he and his pupils moved to Negoro. After settling at
Negoroji Temple he laid out his far sighted plans and began to expand the temple complex which became the head seminary
for
Shingi Shingon Buddhism.
Kogyo-Daishi ended his significant days at the age of 49 on December 12,
1143, at Negroji, where his ashes remain buried in a tomb in the Okunoin cemetery.
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