Doshin So
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Doshin So, was a Japanese soldier and martial artist. He is most known as the creator and founder of Shorinji Kempo and the doctrine Kongo Zen. Practitioners of Shorinji Kempo refer to him as Kaiso, J
So Doshin, founder of Shorinji Kempo
Sō while teaching.
Doshin So (left) instructs Sonny Chiba (right) in the martial arts film Shorinji Kempo (1975)
Vajra
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The vajra is a legendary and ritualistic tool, symbolizing the properties of a diamond and a thunderbolt. It is also described as a "ritual weapon". It is used symbolically by the dharmic traditions o
Doshin So
…Nakano Michiomi)), (1911–1980) was a Japanese soldier and martial artist. He is most known as the creator and founder of Shorinji Kempo and the doctrine Kongo Zen (金剛禅, Kongō Zen). Practitioners of Shorinji Kempo refer to him as Kaiso, Japanese for "the founder". Nakano Michiomi was born on 11 February 1911…
A Tibetan bell and dorje (vajra) are inseparable ritual tools
Indra's vajra as the privy seal of King Vajiravudh of Thailand
Five Vajrayana ritual objects at Itsukushima Shrine, Japan: a five-pronged vajra (五鈷杵, gokosho), a one-pronged vajra (独鈷杵, tokkosho), a vajra tray (金剛盤, kongōban), a three-pronged vajra (三鈷杵, sankosho), and a five-pronged vajra bell (五鈷鈴, gokorei).
Chinese five-pronged vajra (jīngāngchǔ 金剛杵) and ghanta (jīngānglíng 金剛鈴), made during the Xuande period of the Ming dynasty. In Chinese Buddhism, these instruments are usually utilized during esoteric rituals that incorporate tantric elements, such as the Yujia Yankou (瑜伽焰口) and the Shuilu Fahui (水陸法會).