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shingon

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Shin⋅gon

  [shin-gon, sheen-]
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–noun Buddhism.
a Japanese form of syncretistic Buddhism founded in the 9th century by Kūkai (a.d. 774–835) and stressing the oral transmission of mystic formulas from master to disciple.
Origin:
1895–1900; < Japn < MChin, equiv. to Chin zhēnyán truth(-speaking)
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shingon

noun
a form of Buddhism emphasizing mystical symbolism of mantras and mudras and the Buddha's ideal which is inexpressible 
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