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Shingon (眞言,真言), also called Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, is a major school of Japanese Buddhism, and one of two major sub-schools of Vajrayana Buddhism, the other being Tibetan Buddhism. The word Shingon is a Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese term Zhenyan literally meaning "true words", which itself is a translation of the Sanskrit word mantra. Shingon arose in Japan's Heian period (794-1185) when the monk Kukai went to China in 804 where he studied the tantra and returned armed with many texts and art works, and developed his own synthesis of esoteric practice and doctrine, centred on the universal Buddha Vairocana (or, more accurately, Mahavairocana Tathagata).
Teachings
The teachings of Shingon are based on the Mahavairocana Sutra and the Vajrashekhara Sutra. These two mystical teachings are shown in the main two mandalas of Shingon, namely, the Womb Realm mandala and the Diamond Realm mandala. Vajrayana Buddhism is concerned with the ritual and meditative practices leading to enlightenment. According to Shingon, enlightenment is not a distant, foreign reality that can take eons to approach but our birth-right, a real possibility within this very life, based on the spiritual potential of every living being, known generally as Buddha-nature. If cultivated, this luminous nature manifests as innate wisdom. With the help of a genuine teacher and through properly training the body, speech, and mind, we can reclaim and liberate this enlightened capacity for the benefit of ourselves and others.
Mahavairocana Tathagata
In Shingon, Mahavairocana Tathagata is the universal or primordial Buddha that is the basis of all phenomena, present in each and all of them, and not existing independently or externally to them. The goal of Shingon is the realization that one's nature is identical with Mahavairocana, a goal that is achieved through initiation, meditation and esoteric ritual practices. This realization depends on receiving the secret doctrine of Shingon, transmitted orally to initiates by the school's masters. Body, speech, and mind participate simultaneously in the subsequent process of revealing one's nature: the body through devotional gestures (mudra) and the use of ritual instruments, speech through sacred formulas (mantra), and mind through meditation. More on [ Shingon Buddhism ]
@bitterrootbadge Although I admit I like the images. I want a Shingon mandala shirt! I'll be like constant practice!
ZenDirtZenDust (Jack Daw) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:12:11 -0000
@bitterrootbadge Although I admit I like the images. I want a Shingon mandala shirt! I'll be like constant practice!
o no esta shingon el YAKUZA MIMOBOT !!! http://twitpic.com/wx2jd
luisita32 (Luis AIC) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:35:17 -0000
o no esta shingon el YAKUZA MIMOBOT !!! http://twitpic.com/wx2jd
Köck, S D. JuhÅ-yÅjin-shÅ« des Mönches ShinjÅ als Apologie der Shingon-Schule gegenüber konkurrierenden Lehren in der Provinz Echizen um 1270
UB_EDiss (UB_EDiss) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:59:50 -0000
Köck, S D. Juhō-yōjin-shū des Mönches Shinjō als Apologie der Shingon-Schule gegenüber konkurrierenden Lehren in der Provinz Echizen um 1270
@nenisz el dideño me ñate solo que soy maleta pa esto de la compus... que shingon.. ahue.. ps cuando el xxxpresss??
fandoeros (INGOBERNABLE) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:30:05 -0000
@nenisz el dideño me ñate solo que soy maleta pa esto de la compus... que shingon.. ahue.. ps cuando el xxxpresss??
RT @flaembo_24: http://twitpic.com/wtf27 - Mi pastel que se comio el @socriabdel y @charrock / estaba shingón!
charrock (cHaRrOcK!) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:15:06 -0000
RT @flaembo_24: http://twitpic.com/wtf27 - Mi pastel que se comio el @socriabdel y @charrock / estaba shingón!
@j_carlos_86 shingon!!!!
HectorRoblesM (HECTOR) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:52:11 -0000
@j_carlos_86 shingon!!!!
A Short Biography of Kobo Daishi -
Daigoji Temple - Gives tourist information about this main temple for the Ono Branch of the Shingon School.
Japanese Esoteric Buddhist Studies - With Asunam Sensei. The Shingon School, Kobo Daishi, Koyosan, and Three Secrets.
Shingon Buddhism - Japanese history - Shingon, a major Japanese school of esoteric Buddhism.
Shingon Buddhism Introduction - One page intro.
Shingon Buddhist International Institute - The institute was set up to promote the understanding Japanese Shingon Buddhism. The pages here include Shingon Buddhist history and deities, rituals and teachings.
Shingon-shu Buzan-ha - Shingon-shu Buzan-ha is based on the teachings of three great Buddhist masters: Kobo Daishi, who systematized the esoteric teaching of Shingon Sect, Kogyo Daishi, who restored his teachings in the 12th century, and Senyo Sojo (Archbishop Senyo), who founded the Buzan Division in the 16th century.
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