İKİ MİSTİK GELENEK ARASINDA: TÜRK İSLAMI İLE ŞİNGON BUDİZMİ ÜZERİNE BİR DERLEME
BETWEEN TWO MYSTICAL TRADITIONS: A COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF TURKISH ISLAM AND SHINGON BUDDHISM
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Shingon Buddhism, Mysticism, Ritual, Secularization, Belief SystemsAbstract
This study provides a comparative examination of Turkish Islam, shaped through the secular reforms of the early Republican era, and the esoteric Shingon Buddhism rooted in tantric principles in Japan. It analyzes both traditions-across belief systems, ritual practices, metaphysical orientations, mystical experiences, symbolism, and social roles-within their historical and cultural contexts. Turkish Islam, following the abolition of the caliphate and the institutionalization of religion under the Directorate of Religious Affairs, took on a more normative and state-regulated form. In contrast, Shingon Buddhism preserved its ritual distinctiveness within temple-centered autonomous structures. Theologically, Turkish Islam emphasizes transcendence and revelation, whereas Shingon Buddhism privileges the intuitive and immanent realization of universal truth. Despite doctrinal and institutional differences, both traditions share mystical practices aimed at individual transformation and spiritual maturation. This study contends that religious experience, though culturally and historically situated, reveals a universal foundation in the quest for transcendence and meaning.
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