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).

See also

• 修験道 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Shugendō on Wikipedia.Wikipedia