When1: 800
When2: 830
Who: Kukai or Kobo Daishi [Daishi, Kobo]
What: philosopher
Where: Japan
Detail: He lived 774 to 835 and introduced Tantric Buddhism to Japan as Shingon or True Word School. All people can attain enlightenment, by meditation, mantras {shingon}, and hand movements. Enlightenment requires ten stages. The final stage is identity with the Buddha {Mahavairocana}. He was a calligrapher. Perhaps, he invented Japan's hiragana script.
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