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

In Shikoku there are eighty-eight temples to Buddha and the founder of the Shingon sect, and it is estimated that it would mean a 760 miles' journey to visit them all.

From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by Scott, J.W. Robertson

In one community, where there were two priests, one Tendai and the other Shingon, neither seemed to count for much.

From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by Scott, J.W. Robertson

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)