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shingon::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | buddhism |
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Shingon is the Japanese transmission of the Chinese Chen Yen school.
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Shingon is one of the few remaining branches of Buddhism in the world that continues to use the siddham script of the Sanskrit language.
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- A form of Buddhism emphasizing mystical symbolism of mantras and mudras and the Buddha's ideal which is inexpressible
- Shingon (Burmese: u101Bu103Eu1004u103Au1000u102Fu1014u103Au1038 ; lit. "Lady Humpback") is one of 37 nats in the official Burmese pantheon of nats. She was a maid of King Thihathu of Ava and accompanied him to the battlefront. She died on her return to the capital, Ava (modern Inwa).
- 'The True Word' -main school of Mikkyo Buddhism, founded by Kukai in 9thC. Can also refer to a Mantra.
- A Japanese Vajrayana sect.
