Shingon

American  

[shin-gon, sheen-] / ˈʃɪn gɒn, ˈʃin- /

noun

Buddhism.

1. a Japanese form of syncretistic Buddhism founded in the 9th century by Kūkai (a.d. 774–835) and stressing the oral transmission of mystic formulas from master to disciple.

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Etymology

Origin of Shingon

1895–1900; < Japanese < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese zhēnyán truth(-speaking)

Example Sentences

Daniel Kimura, 30, an official Shingon priest who was born in the United States but has lived in Japan for about 15 years, owned up to the negative replies.

From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2018

For this distress neither the Tendai doctrines nor the Shingon conceptions were sufficiently simple to supply a remedy.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

Yoshida applied the tenets of the Shingon or True Word sect of Buddhists to the understanding and practice of the ancient god-way.

From The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by Griffis, William Elliot

The principal of the sects now existing in Japan are the Tendai, Shingon Yoko and Ken, all of which, I may observe, are of Chinese origin.

From The Empire of the East by Montgomery, H. B. (Helen Barrett)

"I perceive with regret that you are not of the Shingon sect," remarked the priest.

From The Dragon Painter by Fenollosa, Mary McNeil