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Bodhisena
(704-760)
Indian monk who travelled first to China and then to Japan in 736 where he played a leading role in the dedication of the great statue to the Buddha in Nara in 752 ce.
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Bodhisena (Sanskrit बोधिसेन Chinese and
Japanese 菩提僊那) (704-760) was
a Buddhist scholar and monk. He visited Japan, on the invitation of Emperor Shōmu, to spread the use of Sanskrit and establish
Huayan Buddhism in the country. Bodhisena resided in Daian-ji,
Nara for the rest of his life. His trip to Japan had started in 723, via the region which is
now in Cambodia and Vietnam. He arrived in August
736. In 752, Emperor Shōmu asked him to perform the
eye-opening of the Great Buddha built in Tōdai-ji.
After his visit to Mount Tomi (Nara), Bodhisena petitioned the emperor to name the prayers' hall there Ryōsen-ji (霊山寺), as he found the place ti strongly resemble the mountain in India where Buddha preached, known as Vulture Peak, or Ryoujusen (霊鷲山) in Japanese. Bodhisena was buried on this mountain, following his wish when he died.
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