修験道

Japanese

Kanji in this term
修 験 道
しゅ
Grade: 5 		げん
Grade: 4 		どう
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
修驗道 (kyūjitai)

Noun

修(しゅ)験(げん)道(どう) • (shugendō) 

  1. 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).

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