Mikkyō

Japanese Buddhism
Schools
Hosso • Kegon • Ritsu • Tendai • Shingon • Pure Land • Zen • Nichiren
Founders
Saichō • Kūkai • Hōnen • Shinran • Dōgen • Eisai • Ingen • Nichiren
Sacred Texts
Avataṃsaka Sūtra Lotus Sūtra Prajñāpāramitā Heart Sūtra Infinite Life Sūtra Mahāvairocana Sūtra Vajraśekhara Sūtra
Glossary of Japanese Buddhism
Japanese term that refers to the esoteric Vajrayāna practices of the Shingon Buddhist school and the related practices that make up part of the Tendai school. There are also various Shingon- and Tendai-influenced practices of Shugendō. Mikkyō is a little-understood, yet often sensationalised, synergistic “esoteric construct” that lies at the very core of Japanese spirituality and mysticism. Mikkyō is a "lineage tradition": meaning that, as well as instruction in the teachings and practices of the tradition, it also involves and requires “kanjo enablements” - initiatorial empowerment-transmissions - from a master of the Mikkyō disciplines. The collection of teachings and practices that eventually came to be known as Mikkyō had its early beginnings in the esoteric traditions of India and China. As early as the 6th Century, there had begun a major importation of spiritual and cultural ideas into Japan from China. However, it was in the early 9th Century that the formative concepts which would in time become the core of “mainstream” Mikkyo - Shingon and Tendai - were brought to Japan - initially by the monks Kūkai (the founder of Shingon) and Saichō (the founder of Tendai), both of whom had traveled to China to study. To these initial doctrines & beliefs were later added teachings concerning the powers of mysticism, magic and healing that had gradually begun to reach Japan with the arrival of itinerant monks, priests, hermits and shamanic practitioners, forced for various reasons to flee from China after the fall of the Tang Dynasty. Blending easily with elements of Shinto practice and the pre-Buddhist folk traditions of sangaku shinko - “spiritual practices connected with sacred mountains”, these imported teachings, combining Chinese Tantric Buddhism, Chinese Yin-Yang magic, Taoism and, at a later date, Tibetan Vajrayāna Buddhism, evolved to become the esoteric Japanese tradition that is Mikkyō. Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР? Heckler & Koch G3 Adirondack Park Look at other dictionaries: Mikkyo — Mikkyô Temple shingon Le mikkyō (密教, mikkyō …   Wikipédia en Français Mikkyô — Temple shingon Le mikkyō (密教, mikkyō …   Wikipédia en Français Mikkyō — Temple shingon Le mikkyō (密教, mikkyō …   Wikipédia en Français Saichō — (最澄) Painting of Saichō School Tendai …   Wikipedia Kuji-in — Ku ji simply means “nine syllables”, and refers to a variety of mantras that consist of nine syllables. The syllables used in kuji are numerous, especially within the realm of mikkyo (Japanese esoteric Buddhism)[citation needed]. The kuji most… …   Wikipedia Mudra — This article is about the use of mudrā in Indic religion. For mudra as used in Indian classical music, see Mudra (music). Bharatnatyam dancer portraying Hindu goddess Lakshmi with her characteristic mudrās A mudrā (English: /muːˈdrɑː/ ( …   Wikipedia Tendai — Die Tendai shū (jap. 天台宗) ist eine auf dem Lotos Sutra basierende Schule des Buddhismus in Japan, die von den beiden Klostertempeln Enryaku ji und Mii dera während der Heian Zeit neben der rivalisierenden Shingon shū die religiöse Landschaft… …   Deutsch Wikipedia Tendai-shu — Die Tendai shū (jap. 天台宗) ist eine auf dem Lotos Sutra basierende Schule des Buddhismus in Japan, die von den beiden Klostertempeln Enryaku ji und Mii dera während der Heian Zeit neben der rivalisierenden Shingon shū die religiöse Landschaft… …   Deutsch Wikipedia Tendai-shū — Statue des Saichō im Hōshakuzan Nōfuku ji (宝積山 能福寺), Kōbe Die Tendai shū (jap. 天台宗) ist eine auf dem Lotos Sutra basierende Schule des Buddhismus in Japan, die von den beiden Klostertempeln Enryaku ji und Mii dera während der …   Deutsch Wikipedia Tendaishu — Die Tendai shū (jap. 天台宗) ist eine auf dem Lotos Sutra basierende Schule des Buddhismus in Japan, die von den beiden Klostertempeln Enryaku ji und Mii dera während der Heian Zeit neben der rivalisierenden Shingon shū die religiöse Landschaft… …   Deutsch Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”