灌頂

かんじょう / かんちょう

Meanings

  • 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).

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