Shingon Buddhism(真言宗,Shingon-shū) is one of the major schools of Buddhism in Japan and one of the few surviving Vajrayana lineages in East Asia, originally spread from India to China through traveling monks such as Vajrabodhi and Amoghavajra. Known in Chinese as the Tangmi, these esoteric teachings would later flourish in Japan under the auspices of a Buddhist monk named Kūkai (空海), who traveled to Tang China to acquire and request transmission of the esoteric teachings. For that reason, it is often called Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, or Orthodox Esoteric Buddhism.
Shingon Buddhist doctrine and teachings arose during the Heian period (794-1185) after a Buddhist monk named Kūkai traveled to China in 804 to study Esoteric Buddhist practices in the city of Xi'an (西安), then called Chang-an, at Azure Dragon Temple (青龍寺) under Huiguo, a favorite student of the legendary Amoghavajra. Kūkai returned to Japan as Huiguo's lineage- and Dharma-successor. Shingon followers usually refer to Kūkai as Kōbō-Daishi(弘法大師,Great Master of the Propagation of Dharma) or Odaishi-sama(お大師様,"The Great Master"), the posthumous name given to him years after his death by Emperor Daigo.
Koyasan, in the mountains outside of Osaka, was chosen by the still-revered, massively influential monk and scholar Kukai as the holy site where he would establish Shingon Buddhism, or esoteric Buddhism, in 816.
Since 2019, Japan has been collecting 1,000 yen per traveler leaving the country ... (Kyodo) ==Kyodo. Japan's fiscal year runs from April to March ... Koya, the Japanese headquarters of the Shingon sect of esoteric Buddhism founded by monk Kukai ... ....
The discovery followed the dismantling of the Maitreya statue, designated as an important cultural asset by Hiroshima Prefecture, for repair work ... Located in the Kusadocho district, the temple belongs to the Shingon sect of Buddhism.
As is true with many modern-day pilgrimages, the ranks of Shikoku pilgrims — once exclusively practitioners of Shingon Buddhism, one of the major schools of Buddhism in Japan — have grown ...
MYOKAKUJI. EFFECT WAS ‘LIMITED’ ... He said that in 1998, before the dissolution order, the religious organization sold its main facility to Kongobuji temple, the main temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism, for about 1.6 billion yen ($11 million) ... .
After his return to Japan, he established the Shingon-shu school of the Buddhism in Japan, and introduced Chinese literature, calligraphy, astronomy, medicine and other knowledges to his country, making great contributions to Japanese culture.
Every year millions of pilgrims visit Koyasan to pay their respect to master and scholar Kukai (Kobo Daishi, 774 – 835 AD), the founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism (mikkyo in Japanese).
The Chisan School of Shingon Buddhism said the guidelines were inappropriate because the offensive acts applied to all actions by parents regarding their children and should not have been limited to religious practices ... .
This year marks the 1,250th anniversary of the birth of Kukai (774-835), a Buddhist priest also known as Kobo Daishi, who founded the Shingon school of Buddhism.
There, around 500 mountain cherry blossom trees line a 1.5-kilometer slope leading to the gate of Shinpukuin temple of the Shingon Buddhism sect. An old traditional Japanese house with a “kayabuki” thatched roof still stands along the slope.
26 in the city’s Chuo Ward. Founded in the Nara Period (710-784), the temple is a member of the Omuro school of the Shingon sect of Buddhism headquartered at Ninnaji temple in Kyoto... The top floor will feature an open-air bath and a sauna.
The town of Koyasan is the epicenter of Shingon Buddhism... Since Shingon Buddhism values all creatures, monuments of different types can be found there ... Since every living thing is sacred in Shingon Buddhism, even pets are buried here.
CAIRO – 25 May 2022. More than 1,000 years ago, an esoteric sect known as Shingon—which combined elements from Buddhism, ancient Shinto, Taoism, and other religions—developed the practice of embalming the living body. . ... .
