#shingon — Public Fediverse posts

📰 Shinnyo-En's Reconfigurations of Tradition for Modernity (A free, 19-page article from 2020)

Tags: #Shingon #JapaneseBuddhism #Modern
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/buddhist-contramodernism_collins-casey

Zuishin-in, Shingon-Haupttempel in Kioto – Von Life makes Zen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdVrC00gl3k

#Kyoto #LifeMakesZen #OrteRäume #Shingon #Tempel #Video #Wissen #Zen #ZushinIn

Sumadera (須磨寺) is a unique #temple full of iconographic #arts, at the western end of Kōbe (神戸). Perhaps because it's not in Kyōto or Nara, there is little information available online about Sumadera, even in #Japanese. It was founded in 886 and has its own branch of Kūkai's #Shingon #Buddhism: Sumadera-ha (真言宗須磨寺派). It is internationally active, and a place for #religious practices rather than an outdoor museum. By the same token, it's free to enter.
Suma appears in ancient waka poetry (和歌) of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables, and is associated with the Heike Monogatari (平家物語). I was determined to go, despite the rain, because I'd read an article clarifying wabi and sabi with a #waka coincidentally about Suma. The first photos show Sumadera's exchanges with #Nepal resulting in a display of Tibetan #Buddhist and #Hindu #iconography. Although there was light rain on the beach at first, later up at Sumadera the day turned bright.

#Japan #travel #religion #Hinduism #mythology
@religion @mythology

🌀 Explore the Mystical Path of Shingon Esoteric Buddhism 🌀
Discover the profound teachings of Kukai, the mesmerizing rituals of Ajikan meditation and the Goma fire ceremony, and the transformative journey towards attaining Buddhahood within one's own life.
sacred mantras and mudras.
✨ This video offers a concise guide through Shingon's mystical and ritualistic intricacies.
🔗 https://youtu.be/Sw3Ru7T7aPk?si=K8R6Rp_cOH3CLJ3G
#Shingon #Meditation #Enlightenment #Kukai #MountKoya #Buddhism #Esotericism

#introduction

I’m Aurie, 26 year old Chinese-Canadian belonging to the Japanese #shingon school of #vajrayana #buddhism. I came across this tradition on #koyasan in 2018 thanks to a tour guide who explained the teachings to me. She had pointed to my heart and said “here, the Buddha is inside you” and I had felt like the Shingon teachings had put words to everything I believed in but could not articulate. I aspire to be a student and maybe monastic.

Welcome and let’s support each other! 🙏

It’s my first time sharing online my work-in-progress #fiction #story tentatively titled “nuns vs asteroid”.

This story is about the end of the world told through the eyes of #buddhist nuns in a Japanese monastery. I refer to it as the story of my life because writing it to my satisfaction is very important to me, no matter how long it might take.

This opening scene is inspired by my experiences with #Shingon #Buddhism on #Koyasan, and the monks who played #Igo into the night.

"Esoteric Buddhism, Grundgestalt, with a touch of Frank Zappa"

https://noblogo.org/eidon/esoteric-buddhism-grundgestalt-with-a-touch-of-frank-zappa

#Mantra #मन्त्र #Grundgestalt #Kotodama #言霊 #Krabat
#Shingon #真言 #種子