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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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| the Tendai school.During the late Heian | instance of | influencing other communities | 0.80 | text |
| Pure Land Buddhism was becoming very popular | instance of | influencing other communities | 0.80 | text |
| Shingon was also influenced by this popular devotional trend | instance of | influencing other communities | 0.80 | text |
| mudras | instance of | The Dharmakaya is embodied absolute reality and truth and is mostly ineffable but can be experienced through esoteric practices | 0.80 | text |
| mantras | instance of | The Dharmakaya is embodied absolute reality and truth and is mostly ineffable but can be experienced through esoteric practices | 0.80 | text |
| Zen | instance of | one also used in other traditions | 0.80 | text |
| the taiko drum | instance of | This may be accompanied by instruments | 0.80 | text |
| Kakuban | instance of | practice was taught by Shingon figures | 0.80 | text |
| compelling temple-shrine complexes to systematize their internal regulations | instance of | As the Tokugawa Shogunate began to make efforts to exert its power over temple complexes | 0.80 | text |
| Daigoji or Tōji remained connected | instance of | temple networks associated with Kogi temples | 0.80 | text |
| even as they formally became associated with Shingi Shingon | instance of | temple networks associated with Kogi temples | 0.80 | text |
| Shingon Buddhism | related to history | Heian | 0.60 | section |
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