Shingon
Major esoteric Buddhist school founded by Kōbō Daishi
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The Shingon Buddhist school (真言宗, Shingon-shū) is one of the principal traditions of Japanese Buddhism. Shingon is the Japanese reading of the Chinese characters 真言, which translate the Sanskrit word mantra (sacred incantation). 真 signifies truth and 言 word.
Numerous branches exist within this tradition founded by the monk Kūkai in the 9th century.
Most temples along the Henro michi (the pilgrimage of the 88 temples in Shikoku) belong to this tradition. It is one of the oldest living forms of Vajrayana or esoteric Buddhism.
- In English
- Major sect of Japanese Buddhism founded by Kōbō-daishi
- Other spellings
- Shingon-shū
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