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Shugendō (修験道, lit. the "Way [of]
Trial [and] Practice", the "Way of Shugen, or Gen-practice") is a
syncretic Esoteric Buddhist religion, a body of ascetic...
- many
orthodox Buddhist traditions. It is, however,
found extensively in
Shugendō, the
ascetic mountain tradition of ****an and Ryōbu Shintō,
which is the...
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backgrounds from
peasants to
emperors would visit the
region while guided by
Shugendō monks. In July 2004, some of the
roads of the
Kumano Kodō and the shrines...
- Tendai-shu and Shingon-shu) to
create a
unique religion called "
Shugendō".
Shugendō is the
practice of
giving people the
spiritual power of the mountains...
- weather.
According to Paul Williams, the
sokushinbutsu ascetic practices of
Shugendō were
likely inspired by Kūkai, the
founder of
Shingon Buddhism, who ended...
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present in a
range of
Buddhist sects and is
particularly prominent in
Shugendo and
esoteric Buddhist traditions. Kūkai, the
founder of the
Shingon sect...
- with
Shinto elements within Shugendō In 1613
during the Edo period, the
Tokugawa Shogunate issued a
regulation obliging Shugendō temples to
belong to either...
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spiritual teachings.
Shugendō is a ****anese
mountain ascetic shamanism,
which incorporates Shinto and
Buddhist practices. The
roles of
Shugendō practitioners...
- the 8th
century by En no Gyōja, as a home for his new
religion of
Shugendō.
Shugendo literally means "the path of
training and testing," and is
based on...
- ****anese
mountain ascetic hermits. They are
generally part of the
syncretic shugendō religion,
which includes Tantric Buddhism and Shinto.
Their origins can...
