Kobo Daishi, the founder of Shingnon Buddhism in Japan, was granted persmission to found a new temple community on Mount Koya in 816. How were such communities founded and populated and what steps needed to be taken to establish them in such remote locations?
by /u/tarekd19 in /r/AskHistorians
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