東とう密みつ

noun

Tōmitsu; esoteric Buddhism of the Shingon sect

Refers specifically to the esoteric teachings transmitted by Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi) and practiced in the Shingon school, often contrasted with 台密 (Taimitsu), the esoteric Buddhism of the Tendai school.

See also: 台密 (たいみつ)

• 東とう密みつは空くう海かいによって日本にほんに伝つたえられた。

  Tōmitsu was transmitted to Japan by Kūkai.

• 東とう密みつと台たい密みつは、日本にほんの密みっ教きょうの二に大だい流りゅう派はである。

  Tōmitsu and Taimitsu are the two major schools of esoteric Buddhism in Japan.