The Four Distant Precept Halls - Ongoku Shikaidan

…This movement continued until the 14th century, but was never realized. In the Kamakura period, along with the restoration of the precepts, a platform for religious ordination was established at Toshodaiji Temple, and during the Nanboku-cho period, four platforms for religious ordination in distant countries were established at Chinko-ji Temple, Hokai-ji Temple, Tomyo-ji Temple, and Yakushi-ji Temple, separate from the platform at Enryaku-ji Temple, but they were destroyed by fire during the Warring States period. Today, the platforms at Todai-ji Temple, Kanzeon-ji Temple, Enryaku-ji Temple, and Toshodai-ji Temple have been passed down through many changes. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Distant Four Kaidan" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…その動きは14世紀に至るまで繰り返されたが，実現されなかった。鎌倉時代には戒律の復興とともに唐招提寺に戒壇が設けられ，南北朝時代には，鎮興寺，宝戒寺，等妙寺，薬師寺に遠国四戒壇が，延暦寺の戒壇より分置されたが，戦国時代の兵火で焼亡した。今日東大寺，観世音寺，延暦寺と唐招提寺の戒壇は，幾多の変遷を経て伝わっている。…

※「遠国四戒壇」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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