Shingon Buddhism - Wikipedia
Shingon (真言宗, Shingon-shū, "True Word / Mantra School") is one of the major schools of Buddhism in Japan and one of the few surviving Vajrayana lineages in East Asian Buddhism. It is sometimes also called Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, or Eastern Esotericism ( Dōngmì , 東密).
Shingon - Buddhism Guide
Shingon (真言) is a major school of Japanese Buddhism, and one of two major sub-schools of Vajrayana Buddhism, the other being Tibetan Buddhism. The word Shingon is a Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese term Zhen Yan meaning “True Word”, which itself is a representation of the Sanskrit word for mantra. Shingon arose in Japan’s Heian ...
Shingon | Definition & Facts | Britannica
Shingon, branch of Vajrayana (Tantric, or Esoteric) Buddhism that has had a considerable following in Japan since its introduction from China, where it was called Zhenyan (“True Word”), in the 9th century. Shingon may be considered an attempt to reach the eternal wisdom of the Buddha that was not.
Shingon - Japanese Esoteric Buddhism - Learn Religions
Mar 6, 2017 · The Japanese Buddhist school of Shingon is something of an anomaly. It is a Mahayana school, but it is also a form of esoteric or tantric Buddhism and the only living Vajrayana school outside of Tibetan Buddhism. How did that happen?
Shingon | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion
Shingon Buddhism is one of the major schools of Japanese Buddhism. Shingon developed from the eastward flow of the tantras from South Asia into East Asia, flourished at the very pinnacle of Tang-dynasty Buddhist ritual culture, was systematically integrated into the Japanese state monastic bureau through the efforts of Kūkai, and flourished ...
Shingon Buddhism - New World Encyclopedia
A Japanese mandala of the Five Dhyani Buddhas. Shingon Buddhism (眞言, 真言 "true words") is a major school of Japanese Buddhism, and is the other branch, besides Tibetan Buddhism, of Vajrayana Buddhism which spread in the eighth century from northeastern and northwestern India to Tibet and Java as well as to China and from there to Japan.
Shingon Buddhism, Japan - Encyclopedia.com
Shingon refers to a major Japanese Buddhist school devoted to esoteric Buddhism. Shingon's doctrine is built around two essential theories developed by KŪkai (774–835), based on his interpretation of the Mahāvairocana-sūtra (Japanese, Dainichikyō) and the Tattvasamgraha or Vajraśekhara-sūtra (or Tantra; Japanese, Kōngōchōkyō): the ...
Becoming a Buddha – A Shingon Buddhist 10-step Program
Mar 1, 2018 · Here, I would like to focus on his outline for becoming a Buddha in 10 steps described in his “Ten Mindsets”** (Jpn. Jūjūshinron). In this text he uses his system of “ranking the doctrines” (Chn. panjiao) to map the way from ignorance to wisdom, from suffering to liberation, and from hiding to manifesting Buddhahood.
Koyasan: In Pursuit of Enlightenment - Journeys in Japan | NHK …
Koyasan, in the mountains of Wakayama Prefecture, is a sacred site of Shingon Buddhism. It was founded by the visionary monk, Kukai, about 1,200 years ago. Pilgrims and tourists alike stay in...
Shingon - Buddhism - Oxford Bibliographies
Sep 13, 2010 · Shingon is an esoteric or tantric form of Buddhism, whose name is based on the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese zhen yan (眞言), literally meaning “true word,” which is the phrase used to translate mantra. Introduced to Japan at the beginning of the 9th century, Shingon is one of the oldest forms of Buddhism in Japan, and it is still ...
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