Kegon

noun

Ke·​gon

ˈkäˌgän,

-gȯn

: a sect of Japanese Buddhism originating in the 8th century and teaching the unreality of phenomenal antitheses and the ultimate unity of all reality in and through the Buddha

Word History

Etymology

Japanese, from ke lotus + gon glory

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