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

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 introduction of the Zen, or contemplative sect, did, in a sense, both precede and follow that of Shingon.

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

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)

The temples of the Shingon may usually be recognized by the two guardian figures at the entrance, with open and shut mouths, suggesting the mystic syllable A-UM.

From Religion in Japan by Cobbold, George A. (George Augustus)