Buddhist philosophy introduced into Japan from China in the 8th century.
The name Kegon (meaning "flower ornament") is a translation of the Sanskrit avatamsaka , after the school's chief text, the Avatamsaka-sutra , which deals with the buddha Vairocana . The school was founded in China as Huayan in the late 6th century and reached Japan 0441; 740. Kegon taught that all living things are interdependent and that the universe is self-creating, with Vairocana at its centre. Though the Kegon school is no longer an active faith teaching a separate doctrine, it continues to administer the famous T 014D; dai Temple monastery at Nara.