JODO SHINSHU

Meaning of JODO SHINSHU in English

/joh"doh shin"shooh/ , Buddhism.

the largest sect of Jodo, stressing simple trust rather than ritual as the means to salvation.

[ Jodo Pure Land + shinshu true faith ( jìngtu zhenzong ) ]

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JODO SHINSHU — Дзёдо-синсю
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JODO — ˈjō(ˌ)dō noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Japanese jōdo 1. : pure land 2. : a Japanese Buddhist …
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JODO — /jaw"daw/ , n. Japanese. See Pure Land .
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JODO — (Japanese: Way to the Pure Land), devotional sect of Japanese Buddhism stressing faith in the Buddha Amida and heavenly reward. …
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SHINRAN — orig. Matsuwaka-Maru born 1173, near Kyōto, Japan died Jan. 9, 1263, Kyōto Japanese philosopher and religious reformer. He entered the …
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SHINRAN — born 1173, near Kyoto died Jan. 9, 1263, Kyoto original name Matsuwaka-Maru, also called Han'en, Shakku, Zenshin, or Gutoku Shinran, …
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SHIN — in full Jodo Shinshu (Japanese: True Pure Land sect), the largest of the popular Japanese Buddhist Pure Land sects. See …
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RENNYO — posthumous name Kenju Daishi, assumed name Shinsho-in born April 4, 1415, Kyoto, Japan died May 5, 1499, Kyoto Japanese Buddhist …
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INOUE ENRYO — born March 18, 1858, Echigo Province, Japan died June 6, 1919, Dairen, Manchuria Japanese philosopher and educator who attempted to …
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JŌDO SHŪ — Дзёдо
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ДЗЁДО-СИНСЮ — Jodo Shinshu
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HŌNEN — orig. Seishimaru born May 13, 1133, Inaoka, Mimasaka province, Japan died Feb. 29, 1212, Kyōto Japanese Buddhist leader. As a …
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SHIN — I. ˈshin noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English shine, from Old English scinu; akin to Middle Dutch schene shin, …
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SHIN-SHU — noun Usage: capitalized 1st S Etymology: Japanese shinshū : shin III
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PURE LAND — Buddhism. a paradise believed by the followers of a Mahayana sect (Pure Land sect) to be ruled over by a …
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MAPPO — in Japanese Buddhism, the age of the degeneration of the Buddha's law, which some believe to be the current age …
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YUZU NEMBUTSU — Japanese Buddhist sect that stresses the permeating effect (yuzu) of nembutsu, the invocation of the name of the Buddha Amida …
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TENJIKU — (Japanese: Indian Style), one of the three main styles of Japanese Buddhist architecture in the Kamakura period (11921333). The style …
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PURE LAND BUDDHISM
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OSAKA-KOBE METROPOLITAN AREA — second largest urban and industrial agglomeration in Japan, located on Osaka Bay in west-central Honshu at the eastern end of …
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NAGANO — formerly Zenkoji, city, Nagano ken (prefecture), central Honshu, Japan. It is the capital of the prefecture and is situated in …
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HONEN — born May 13, 1133, Inaoka, Mimasaka province, Japan died Feb. 29, 1212, Kyoto original name Seishimaru, later Genku, also called …
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FUJIWARA STYLE — Japanese sculptural style of the Late Heian period (8971185), known also as the Fujiwara period. Although many sculptures at the …
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ДЗЁДО — Jōdo shū
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