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Journal : DIMENSI: Journal of Architecture and Built Environment

STUDY ON THE PHILOSOPHY AND ARCHITECTURE OF ZEN BUDDHISM IN JAPAN : On syncretism religion and monastery arrangement plan Antariksa, Antariksa
Dimensi: Journal of Architecture and Built Environment Vol. 30 No. 1 (2002): JULY 2002
Publisher : Institute of Research and Community Outreach, Petra Christian University, Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.9744/dimensi.30.1.%p

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Zen Buddhism was introduced to China in the sixth century. After going through a long process in China, finally Zen came to Japan in the thirteenth century brought by Japanese monks. A unique spiritual genius one of the greatest epoch-making events in the history of mankind, which in the course of time has come to enrich the human mind over many centuries. During the process of spreading of Zen Buddhism there were influences experienced by two Chinese great religions, Tao and Confucian. This study will discuss the philosophy and architectural aspects of the Zen monastery arrangement plan. Zen Buddhism is syncretism from Taoism and Confucianism.The layout plan of the Zen monastery temple principally was placed on a single axis and facing south. The typical layout plan was borrowed from the architecture of the Chinese monastery.
STUDY ON THE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE RINZAI ZEN SECT BUDDHIST MONASTERIES IN KYÔTO Antariksa, Antariksa
Dimensi: Journal of Architecture and Built Environment Vol. 28 No. 1 (2000): JULY 2000
Publisher : Institute of Research and Community Outreach, Petra Christian University, Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.9744/dimensi.28.1.%p

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In the middle of the 14th century, the Five Temples or Five Mountains (Gozan) of Rinzai Zen sect were developed rapidly in the city of Kyôto. The ranking system of officially sponsored by Zen Buddhist monasteries were created by the Kamakura and Muromachi government. The Gozan system originally included three monasteries in Kyôto and three in Kamakura, but immediately spread to five monasteries in several cities. While the two great monasteries, are not members of the Gozan group, which belonged to the Rinka group of Rinzai Zen sect temples. The system, which corresponds to a Chinese hierarchical model, was established in Japan during the Kamakura period. The purpose of this study is to attempt to clarify the history and architecture of Rinzai Zen sect Buddhist monastery. The central functioning building of the Zen Buddhist monastery reflects the repetition, consistency, persistence, and order of the monastic ritual.
SPACE IN JAPANESE ZEN BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE Antariksa, Antariksa
Dimensi: Journal of Architecture and Built Environment Vol. 29 No. 1 (2001): JULY 2001
Publisher : Institute of Research and Community Outreach, Petra Christian University, Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.9744/dimensi.29.1.%p

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The beginning in the medieval period the ideas "emptiness" and "nothingness" in Buddhist doctrine influences over the Japanese. Space in Japanese architecture (kukan), as a empty place. This word originally stood for a "hole in the ground", and in on present meaning of a "hole in the universe", or "sky". The ancient Japanese divided space vertically into two parts, sora (sky) and ame or ama (heaven). In the concept of emptiness both of this above it can be said is a part of space. This paper will tries to explain and discusses about the meaning of space in Japanese Zen Buddhist architecture.