noun
Shugendō; Japanese mountain asceticism
A syncretic religious tradition combining elements of Shinto, Buddhism, and folk practices, centered on mountain ascetic training.
修験道は、山岳修行を中心とする日本独自の宗教である。
Shugendō is a uniquely Japanese religion centered on mountain ascetic practice.
彼は修験道の行者として、厳しい
As a practitioner of Shugendō, he undergoes rigorous training.
Esoteric Buddhism, which heavily influenced Shugendō; 修験道 is a distinct syncretic tradition rather than a pure Buddhist school.
From 修験 (shugen, 'mountain ascetic practice') + 道 (dō, 'way'). The term emerged in the Heian period to describe the syncretic mountain religion.