Rōben (良弁、朗弁、良辨、朗辨) (689 – 773) also known as Ryōben was a Japanese Buddhist monk of the Kegon sect and clerical founder of the Tōdai-ji temple in Nara Nara Prefecture Japan. He is popularly known as the Golden Bell Practitioner (金鐘行者 Konshō Gyōja). His life spanned the late Asuka period (538 – 710) to the early Nara period (710 – 794) a period associated with the establishment of Buddhism in Japan.
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