灌頂 - Japanese Vocabulary meaning of 灌頂 - baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood

灌頂

かんじょう

baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood

かんじょう

noun

1. Baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood

2. Baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism)

3. Pouring water onto a gravestone

4. Teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)

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