All the plants, trees and land will become Buddhas

Japanese: 草木国土悉皆成仏 - そうもくこくどしっかいじょうぶつ

A phrase found in the Nirvana Sutra. It means that even inanimate things such as plants and land can possess Buddha nature and attain enlightenment. This idea does not exist in India, but is found in Chinese Buddhism around the 6th century, but was particularly popular in Japan. It is said that Kukai was the first to use it in Japan, followed by Enchin and Anzen of the Tendai sect. In the Kamakura period, it was asserted by Shinran, Dogen, Nichiren and others, and eventually the phrase began to appear frequently in Noh plays.

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Japanese:

『涅槃経』で説かれる言葉。草木や国土のような非情なものも，仏性を具有して成仏するという意。この思想はインドにはなく，6世紀頃，中国仏教のなかに見出されるが，特に日本で流行した。日本では空海が最初といわれ，次いで天台宗の円珍や安然らによっていわれた。それが鎌倉時代になって，親鸞，道元，日蓮らによって主張され，やがて謡曲にこの言葉は多く出てくるようになった。

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