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

The girl smiled to herself, realizing as she did the conflict between love of gossip and disapproval of Shingon priests that now made a paltry battlefield of the old dame's mind.

From The Dragon Painter by Fenollosa, Mary McNeil

Behind the camphor tree, again, and not visible from the garden below, stood a temple of the "Shingon" sect, the most mystic of the old esoteric Buddhist forms.

From The Dragon Painter by Fenollosa, Mary McNeil

It has already been stated that the priests of Kii had their headquarters at Negoro, where there stood the great monastery of Dai-Dembo-In, belonging to the Shingon sect and enjoying almost the repute of Koya-san.

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