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       What is Shingon Buddhism?
   DIR By: Zazen
       Date: November 13, 2015, 3:34 am
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       SHINGON BUDDHISM is a religion that was established by Kôbô
       Daishi (Kûkai) at the beginning of the Heian period (9th
       century), and its teachings are known as Shingon Esoteric
       Buddhism (Shingon Buddhism).
       This form of Buddhism is also known in Japanese as mikkyô,
       meaning "secret teaching". Mikkyô is one of several streams of
       practice within the Mahâyana Buddhist tradition. Mikkyô blends
       many doctrines, philosophies, deities, religious rituals, and
       meditation techniques from a wide variety of sources.
       Assimilation of Hindu and local deities and rituals was
       especially marked in the Buddhism that became Mikkyô. Such
       diverse elements came together over time and, combining with
       Mahâyåna philosophical teachings, formed a comprehensive
       Buddhist system of doctrine and practice.
       The teachings of Shingon are based on the Mahâvairocana Sutra
       (J: Dainichi-kyô) and the Vajrasekhara sutra (J: Kongôchô-kyô) ,
       the fundamental sutras of Shingon. These sutras were probably
       written during the last half of the seventh century in India.
       They contain the first systematic presentation of Mikkyô
       doctrine and practice.
       Shingon represents the middle period of esoteric Buddhist
       development in India. This, extending from the seventh into the
       eighth century, was the time when the Mahâvairocana Sutra and
       Vajra Sekhara Sutra were compiled. Esoteric Buddhist history was
       practiced from India to Central Asia, Ceylon, China, Korea,
       Japan, Mongolia, Nepal, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and Tibet.
       The Mikkyô tradition continues in Japan today, but in other
       lands where the Indian source tradition developed in varying
       ways, the esoteric Buddhist teachings have mostly declined, some
       to the point of extinction.
       Information courtesy of www.shingon.org/history/history.html
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