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修験道
修験道
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 修 | 験 | 道 |
|
しゅう Grade: 5 |
げん Grade: 4 |
どう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | ||
Noun
修験道 (hiragana しゅげんどう, romaji shugendō)
- A highly syncretic Buddhist religion or sect and mystical-spiritual tradition which originated in pre-Feudal Japan, in which enlightenment is equated with attaining oneness with the kami (神). Practitioners are called yamabushi (mountain hermit).
See also
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修験道 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja
- Shugendō on Wikipedia.Wikipedia