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    Shingon (真言宗, Shingon-shū, "True Word / Mantra School") is one of the major schools of Buddhism in Japan and one of the few surviving Vajrayana lineages...
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    (Sho-Fudō kyō kōgi). Oshima Seishindō. pp. 1–50. Kobayashi, Shōsei (1926). 真言宗聖典 (Shingon-shū seiten). Morie Shoten. pp. 131–141. Ono, Seishū (1916). 聖不動経講義...
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    efforts also led to a schism between Kogi Shingon-shū (古儀真言宗, Old Shingon) and Shingi Shingon-shū (新義真言宗, New Shingon). Kakuban is also famous for his introduction...
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    School Bright Lineage (真言宗光明流), which has branches in Taiwan and Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Mantra School for Lay Buddhists (香港佛教真言宗居士林), located in Hong...
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    of Kūkai's outline of esoteric Buddhism, Junna uses the term Shingon-shū (真言宗, Mantra Sect) for the first time. An imperial decree gave Kūkai exclusive...
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    rendering of Zhēnyán), which also refers to a specific school of Shingon-shū (真言宗). The term "Esoteric Buddhism" is first used by Western occultist writers...
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  • Kōyasan Shingon-shū (高野山真言宗) is a Japanese sect of Shingon Buddhism. Headquartered on Mount Kōya in Wakayama Prefecture, it is also the oldest and largest...
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    developed numerous sub-schools like Caodong and Linji. The Zhenyan school (真言宗, "true word", "mantra" school), i.e. Chinese Esoteric Buddhism. Also called...
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    光身形極大,足下有一地神女天,以兩手承足者也。 Uryū, Naka (2016). Yoku wakaru Shingon-shū (よくわかる真言宗). Kadokawa. pp. 80–81. ISBN 978-4-04-400135-3. OCLC 971512631. "市内の指定文化財...
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    temple in the Chisan branch (Chisan-ha 智山派) of New Shingon (Shingi Shingon 新義真言宗), includes a large complex of buildings and grounds, and is one of the best-known...
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