Shingon

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1. Shingon - Noun

2. Shingon - Proper noun

Meaning

a form of Buddhism emphasizing mystical symbolism of mantras and mudras and the Buddha's ideal which is inexpressible

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Kūkai (774–835 CE) is a major Japanese Buddhist philosopher and the founder of the Tantric Shingon (true word) school in Japan. Source: Internet

Shingon shares material with Tibetan Buddhism –-such as the esoteric sutras (called Tantras in Tibetan Buddhism) and mandalas – but the actual practices are not related. Source: Internet

For Shingon, from an enlightened perspective, the whole phenomenal world itself is also the teaching of Vairocana. Source: Internet

The body is the physical and mental elements, which are the body and mind of the cosmic Buddha and which is also empty ( Shunyata ) The physical universe for Shingon, contains the interconnected mental and physical events. Source: Internet

These forms, sounds and thoughts are expressed by the Shingon practitioner in various rituals and tantric practices which allow them to connect with and inter-resonate with Dainichi and hence reach enlightenment here and now. Source: Internet

This is achieved because of the non-dual relationship between the macrocosm of Hosshin and the microcosm of the Shingon practitioner. Source: Internet

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