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Shingon Buddhism

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 a form of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism and is sometimes called "Tōmitsu" (東密 lit. "Esoteric of Tō-ji"). The word shingon is the Japanese reading of the Chinese word 真言…

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Shingon Buddhism → Amoghavajra, CE, Chang-an, China, Chinese Esoteric Buddhism, Dharma, Emperor Daigo, Esoteric Buddhist, Great Master, Heian, Huiguo, Indian, Japan, Japanese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist, Kōbō-Daishi, Kūkai, Odaishi-sama, Propagation, Qinglong Temple

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shingon kūkai esoteric buddha also buddhism dharmakaya practice ritual wisdom japanese body like buddhist teachings mantra beings one school mandalas

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the Tendai school.During the late Heianinstance ofinfluencing other communities0.80text
Pure Land Buddhism was becoming very popularinstance ofinfluencing other communities0.80text
Shingon was also influenced by this popular devotional trendinstance ofinfluencing other communities0.80text
mudrasinstance ofThe Dharmakaya is embodied absolute reality and truth and is mostly ineffable but can be experienced through esoteric practices0.80text
mantrasinstance ofThe Dharmakaya is embodied absolute reality and truth and is mostly ineffable but can be experienced through esoteric practices0.80text
Zeninstance ofone also used in other traditions0.80text
the taiko druminstance ofThis may be accompanied by instruments0.80text
Kakubaninstance ofpractice was taught by Shingon figures0.80text
compelling temple-shrine complexes to systematize their internal regulationsinstance ofAs the Tokugawa Shogunate began to make efforts to exert its power over temple complexes0.80text
Daigoji or Tōji remained connectedinstance oftemple networks associated with Kogi temples0.80text
even as they formally became associated with Shingi Shingoninstance oftemple networks associated with Kogi temples0.80text
Shingon Buddhismrelated to historyHeian0.60section

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