![]() We developed it based on texts from ancient Japan … We have translated 62,000 pages of Chinese/Japanese text, including 600 pages on the esoteric meanings of Siddham letters. We have about 250 teachers who are authorized to teach our system. Our students include priests but mostly lay people. It is taught as calligraphy to both priests and lay people. Most priests learn Siddham as a part of the licensing procedure. We actively teach Siddham meditations for use in life. My wife and I are Koyasan Shingon priests with Temples in Fresno, California and Nara, Japan. The Reverend Eijun Bill Eidson explained: ![]() The script is still used today in this highly specific context wherever Shingon and Tendai Buddhism are practiced, and indeed it has spread far further now. Siddham flourished between 6, originating somewhere in southern India to write Sanskrit, but spreading along the Silk Road to China, Japan and Korea in the form of Buddhist texts. ![]() Siddham is an example of how a script can become more and more narrowly used to the point where, instead of being considered on the verge of extinction, its specialized use has given it historical identity and even spiritual value.
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