In spite of all these efforts and achievements, however, the success of the traditional sects has been confined mostly to the academic and scholarly field...

The official history of Buddhism in Japan began on October 13, BE...

The Tendai sect, which was based on the Lotus Sutra (Saddharma Punฺdฺarika) and emphasized the capacity of alt beings to attain Buddhahood, was founded as a synthesis of the doctrines and practices of Tien-Tai, Zen, esoteric Buddhism and the Vinaya sect...