Shugendō (修験道, lit. the "Way [of] Trial [and] Practice", the "Way of Shugen, or Gen-practice") is a highly syncretic religion, a body of ascetic practices...

Tendai-shu and Shingon-shu) to create a unique religion called "Shugendō". Shugendō is the practice of giving people the spiritual power of the mountains...

weather. According to Paul Williams, the sokushinbutsu ascetic practices of Shugendō were likely inspired by Kūkai, the founder of Shingon Buddhism, who ended...

with Shinto elements within Shugendō In 1613 during the Edo period, the Tokugawa Shogunate issued a regulation obliging Shugendō temples to belong to either...

a Japanese ascetic and mystic, traditionally held to be the founder of Shugendō, the path of ascetic training practiced by the gyōja or yamabushi. He was...

and mountains are also sites for the practice of the syncretic Shugendō tradition. Shugendō is a mountain ascetic practice which also adopted Tendai and...

hat traditional to Japan, which yamabushi (mountain ascetic hermits) of shugendō wear on their foreheads. The tokin has been worn since the Kamakura period...

manner as the religion of Shintō, Shugendō is largely relegated to Japan. The lay practitioners and monks of Shugendō, called Shugenja or yamabushi respectively...

Shugendō sādhanā (Japan)...

practices of his Shugendō background with the teachings of Lama Anagarika Govinda, Pemchekov Warwick founded an organization called Kailas Shugendō in the late...

The mudras are found in Taoist material as well as in Shugendō. Some have suggested that Shugendō created the mudras that are currently associated with...

spiritual teachings. Shugendō is a Japanese mountain ascetic shamanism, which incorporates Shinto and Buddhist practices. The roles of Shugendō practitioners...

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Japanese mountain ascetic hermits. They are generally part of the syncretic shugendō religion, which includes Tantric Buddhist, Shinto, and Japanese Taoist...

promoter of esoteric methods. Keizan was heavily influenced by Shingon and Shugendo, and is known for introducing numerous esoteric ritual forms into the Soto...

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Each Shugendō school has his own conch shell melodies. The hora is especially associated with the Yamabushi, ascetic warrior monks of the Shugendō tradition...

important to shugendō. Several notable individuals made this pilgrimage to the Dewa Sanzan to include En no Gyōja, the founder of shugendō asceticism,...

One figure in the early stages of this practice was En no Ozunu, and Shugendō was formed as these ascetic mountain practices developed into an organization...

Korea; indigenous Philippine folk religions in the Philippines; Shinto, Shugendo, Ryukyuan religion, and Japanese new religions in Japan; Satsana Phi in...

three great mountains for the Shugendō mountain cult which flourished especially in the Nara period and Heian period. Shugendō is a highly syncretic religion...

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backgrounds from peasants to emperors would visit the region while guided by Shugendō monks. In July 2004, some of the roads of the Kumano Kodō and the shrines...

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the yamabushi or mountain ascetics of the syncretistic religion known as Shugendo; while in Chinese it is known as hóutóugū (simplified Chinese: 猴头菇; traditional...

mountains and forests. Tengu are associated with the ascetic practice of Shugendō, and they are usually depicted in the garb of its followers, the yamabushi...

are also similar esoteric teachings found in the syncretic religion of Shugendō and may also be practiced in independent lineages of holy men (hiriji)...

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holy mountains that form a traditional pilgrimage for followers of the Shugendō branch of Shintō. The famous Gojudo (five-story pagoda) is at the base...

territory the path traversed, and often viewed Shugendō monks with suspicion. After the Meiji Restoration, Shugendō faced hostility from the Meiji government's...