灌頂

かんじょう / かんちょう

• Noun

  common noun
  1. (Buddhist term) baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood.
  2. (Buddhist term) baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism).
  3. (Buddhist term) pouring water onto a gravestone.
  4. teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music).