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Shugendō

Shugendō (修験道, lit. 'the "Way Trial Practice", the "Way of Shugen, or Gen-practice"') is an Esoteric Buddhist religion, associated with a body of ascetic practices that originated in the Nara Period of Japan having evolved during the 7th century from beliefs, philosophies, doctrine and ritual systems drawn from Esoteric Buddhism, but more minorly the…

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Zaō Gongen

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Shugendō

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Triples121
Avg. degree1.98
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Shugendō

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related to Sacred Geographical Sites · 50
Shugendō → Bessan, Centered, Dewa Sanzan, En, Gozenpō, Gyoja, Gyoja's, Hagurosan Kōtakuji Shōzenin, Historically, Hozanji, Hozanji Shingon Sect, Hōki Daibosatsu, Hōki-bō Daitengu, In, Ishizuchisan, It, Japan's Seven Holy Mountains, Kamegamori, Katsuragi, Kengamine
related to Practices · 19
Shugendō → Acalanatha Vidyaraja, According, Amida, Benzai-ten, Buddhist, But Shugendō, Daikoku-ten, Dainichi Nyorai, Fudō Myōō, Inari, Indian, Japanese Kami, Kannon, Kokuzo, Mahavairocana, Miyake Hitoshi, Monju, The, Yakushi
related to history · 16
Shugendō → Buddhism, En, Esoteric Buddhism, From, Gyōja, Heian, In, Kumano Hayatama Taisha, Kumano Hongū Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Sanzan, Kyoto, Shingon, Shinto, Tendai Buddhism, The
related to Buddhist Institutions and Lineages · 10
Shugendō → By, Honzan Shugen-shū, Its, Japan, Kyoto, Shingon, Shugendō Hatto, Shōgoin, Tendai, Tendai-aligned Honzan-ha
related to Zaō Gongen · 10
Shugendō → Buddhist, Gongen, Honji Suijaku, Japan, Japanese, Shinto, The, There, This, Zaō Gongen
related to External links · 7
Shugendō → Central Shugendō Training Center, DaigojiHead Temple Takao-san Yakuo-in, GokurakujiWebsite, Kanto, KinpusenjiWebsite, ShōgoinWebsite, Website

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mountain mount practice shingon buddhist shinto mountains sacred tendai one gongen practices buddhism tradition various shugendo religious lay japan traditions

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the Ōmine mountain range with Mount Hakkyōinstance ofand can span multiple mountains within one range0.80text
Mount Ōmine or the Ishizuchisan mountain range with Kamegamoriinstance ofand can span multiple mountains within one range0.80text
Tengudakeinstance ofand can span multiple mountains within one range0.80text
Shingoninstance ofelements of Esoteric Buddhism0.80text
Tendai Buddhism were taken into Shugendōinstance ofelements of Esoteric Buddhism0.80text
it developed furtherinstance ofelements of Esoteric Buddhism0.80text
mountainsinstance ofThis allowed for sacred geographical sites0.80text
springsinstance ofThis allowed for sacred geographical sites0.80text
and caves to be associated with Buddhist deities as temporal expressionsinstance ofThis allowed for sacred geographical sites0.80text
Shugendōrelated to Buddhist Institutions and LineagesShingon0.60section
Shugendōrelated to Buddhist Institutions and LineagesTendai0.60section
Shugendōrelated to Buddhist Institutions and LineagesBy0.60section

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