Rōben

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.