What is Tiantai/Tendai?

Bright on Buddhism Episode 15 - What is Tiantai/Tendai? How is it different from other schools of Buddhism? How does it influence other schools of Buddhism?  Resources: Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhism; The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others, page 1, Tharpa Publications (2nd. ed., 1995) ISBN 978-0-948006-50-0; Flanagan, Owen (2011-08-12). The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized. MIT Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-262-29723-3.; Williams, Paul, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Routledge, 2008, pp. 195–196.; The Lotus Sutra: Translator’s Introduction, pp. ix-xxii; Chapter One, Burton Watson, trans.; Lopez and Stone: Two Buddhas Seated Side by Side: A Guide to the Lotus Sutra; Donald S Lopez Jr: The Lotus Sūtra: A Biography; “Saichō and Mount Hiei,” Sources of Japanese Tradition, Volume 1: 123-152.  Hazama, Jikō. "The Characteristics of Japanese Tendai." Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 14, no. 2/3 (1987): 101-12. Endō, Asai. "The "Lotus Sutra" as the Core of Japanese Buddhism: Shifts in Representations of Its Fundamental Principle." Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 41, no. 1 (2014): 45-64.; Paul Groner, Saichō: The Establishment of the Tendai School, Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2000.; Paul Groner, “The Lotus Sutra and Saicho’s interpretation of the Realization of Buddhahood in this very body,” in The Lotus Sutra in Japanese Culture, ed. George and Willa Tanabe (Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1989); Abe Ryuichi, "Saichō and Kukai: A Conflict of Interpretations," Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 1995 22 1/2, pp. 103-137.; Dogen, ‘The Flowering of the Dharma Sets the Dharma’s Flowering in Motion' (Hokke ten Hokke) Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by tweeting to us @BrightBuddhism, emailing us at [email protected], or joining us on our discord server, Hidden Sangha https://discord.gg/tEwcVpu! Credits: Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host