Shingon Buddhism

The collection ' s signature work is a 13th-century wooden carving of a fierce-looking six-faced, six-armed, six-legged " radiant king " of Shingon Buddhism, seated on a realistic-looking bull.

In Search of Beauty David Littlejohn 2010

Hence one can make a sudden leap from any point in this cosmic mandala towards the center by successfully engaging in the esoteric practice of Shingon Buddhism.

Laughter 2009

However the philosophical aspects of Shingon Buddhism are often traceable to the same Mahâyâna seeds that sprouted Zen.

Laughter 2009

Kûkai's Shingon Buddhism postulated four forms of embodiment as the hosshin itself.

Laughter 2009

This use and understanding of the mandala was another distinction of Shingon Buddhism differentiating it in Kûkai's mind as esoteric from exoteric Buddhism.

Laughter 2009

(Abe 1999, 11) Kûkai had to work out such an exposition in order to establish and legitimize the independence and role of his Shingon Buddhism vis-à-vis the other forms of Buddhism already existent in Nara Japan.

Laughter 2009

Kondō, however, was a believer in Shingon Buddhism, so he declined and left Puli without a word.

SERIAL FINAL: Kondo Katsusaburo among Taiwan's Atayal/Sedeq peoples, 1896 to 1930 Michael Turton 2009

Shingon Buddhism is placed at the top of the hierarchy as providing the most comprehensive view to the Dharma.

Laughter 2009

Kondō, however, was a believer in Shingon Buddhism, so he declined and left Puli without a word.

Archive 2009-01-01 Michael Turton 2009

The mandala in Shingon Buddhism is a diagram or picture, usually a painting, picturing the doctrines expounded in the two major esoteric scriptures,

Laughter 2009