Ryumyo

Japanese: 竜猛 - りゅうみょう

An Indian Buddhist philosopher who lived around 150-250. His Sanskrit name was Nagarjuna, and he is also translated as Nagarjuna. He is considered to be the same person as Nagarjuna, who built the foundations of Mahayana Buddhism and is said to be the father of the eight schools of Buddhism in China and Japan. He is especially known as Ryumyo in the field of esoteric Buddhism, and is respected as the person who first spread esoteric Buddhism to the world. However, historically, esoteric Buddhism is said to have been established around the 7th century, so there is a theory that a different person with the same name existed at that time. According to the Vajrapani Giketsu written by Fuku, Ryumyo recited the mantra of Mahavairocana Buddha and walked around a blocked iron tower for seven days, throwing seven white mustard seeds at the tower's gate, successfully opening the tower's door, and was given the Vajrapani Sutra, the fundamental scripture of esoteric Buddhism, by the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas inside the tower.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

インドの仏教哲学者。150‐250年ころの人。サンスクリット名ナーガールジュナNāgārjuna，竜樹とも訳される。大乗仏教の基礎を築き，中国，日本における八宗派の祖ともいうべき竜樹と同一人物とされ，とくに密教の方面で竜猛と呼ばれ，密教を初めて世に流布させた人として尊重される。ただし，歴史的には密教の成立は7世紀ころとされるから，その時期に同名異人が存在したとする説もある。不空が著した《金剛頂義訣》によれば，竜猛は大日如来の真言を誦持して，封鎖された鉄塔を7日間めぐり，7粒の白芥子を塔の門戸に投げつけてみごとにその塔の扉を開け，塔内の諸仏菩薩から，密教の根本聖典である《金剛頂経》を授けられた。

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