the pure land of Sukhavati. The Jōdo-shū as an independent sect is not to be confused with the term "Jōdo Tradition" (Jōdo-kei, 浄土系) which is used as a classification...

In Jodo Shinshu temples, the seven masters are usually collectively enshrined on the far left. Jōdo Shinshū Hongwanji School (Nishi Hongwan-ji) Jōdo Shinshū...

independent Pure Land institutions, as can be seen in the Jōdo-shū, Jōdo Shinshū, Yūzū-nembutsu-shū, and Ji-shū. These new Pure Land schools were part of a new...

therefore defected to the more powerful Jōdo Shinshū and the name Ikkō-shū ultimately became synonymous with Jōdo Shinshū.: 110–111  Rennyo, the charismatic...

a Chinese Chan Buddhist and shū, meaning school or sect. The understanding of the history of the komusō and the Fuke-shu had long been dominated by the...

Japan, the Jōdo-shū, the Jōdo Shinshu, the Ji-shu and the Yuzu Nembutsu shu are collectively classified into the lineage of Jōdo Buddhism. (Jōdo kei, 浄土系)...

monks left Tendai to found new Buddhist schools such as Jōdo-shū, Jōdo Shinshū, Nichiren-shū and Sōtō Zen. The destruction of the head temple of Enryaku-ji...

Jōdō is a Japanese martial art that uses the jō, a 4-foot-long (1.2 m) wooden staff. Jodo may also refer to: Jōdo-shū, a Japanese branch of Pure Land...

afterwards with a contingent of warrior monks from his own religious sect, Jōdo-shū, and, after defeating the Ikkō adherents in battle, burned all their temples...

The Jodo Mission of Hawaii, also known as the Jodo Shu Betsuin, is a Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple located in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was founded in southern...

Sōtō Zen or the Sōtō school (曹洞宗, Sōtō-shū) is the largest of the three traditional sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism (the others being Rinzai and Ōbaku)...

periods. Hōnen is considered the founder of the Jōdo-shū school. However, during Hōnen's life, Jōdo-shū was never separated from the Tendai establishment...

Gratitude) in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan is the headquarters of the Jōdo-shū (Pure Land Sect) founded by Hōnen (1133–1212), who proclaimed that sentient...

reborn in the Pure Land. The Jōdo-shū founded by Hōnen (1133–1212). The Jōdo Shinshū founded by Shinran (1173–1263). The Ji-shū founded by Ippen (1239–1289)...

The Lāhainā Jodo Mission is a historic Jōdo-shū Buddhist Temple in Lāhainā, Hawaii. The temple was established in 1912 and stood on its current location...

debate (安土宗論, Azuchi shūron) took place between monks of the Nichiren and Jōdo-shū sects of Japanese Buddhism, at Jōgon-in near Oda Nobunaga's Azuchi Castle...

Nichiren-shū in Italy and Europe, website in Italian, English, French and Spanish Nichiren-shū in the UK Nichiren Shu in Hungary Nichiren Shu Brasil Nichiren...

following Jōdo Shinshū broke out, Tadakatsu abandoned Jōdo Shinshū and changing his faith to Jōdo-shū(pure land Buddhism), as he stayed loyal to Ieyasu....

itself "Amitofo" (Amitabha Buddha). The Japanese Pure Land sects of Jōdo-shū and Jōdo Shinshū tend to exclusively focus on the oral recitation of the nianfo...

role in the early development of the Seizan school. Seizan Jōdo-shū, originally called Jōdo-shū Seizan Kōmyō-ji-ha (浄土宗西山光明寺派), adopted its current name...

Zōjō-ji (増上寺) is a Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It is the main temple of the Jōdo-shū ("Pure Land") Chinzei sect of Buddhism in the...

Hōzen-ji (法善寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. The temple is located in the Dotonbori district, near Namba Station...

Zenrin-ji (永観堂禅林寺) is the head temple for the Seizan branch of Japan's Jōdo-shū (Pure Land) Buddhist sect, located in Kyoto, Sakyō-ku. It was founded by...

a full castle town, and built well-defended homes for his generals, a Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple called Jōgon-in, and a number of homes for commoners a...

800th anniversary of the founding of Jōdo-shū. While the pilgrimage is primarily composed of temples of the Jōdo-shū sect, Tendai and Shingon temples are...

his devotion to the Jōdo-shū school of Buddhism throughout his life, having been born into the Matsudaira clan which followed Jōdō Buddhism. As a way of...

Jōdo-shū sect of Pure Land Buddhism, founded by Hōnen. In the backdrop of the end of the Heian period and the Genpei War, Hōnen founded the Jōdo Shū sect...

Saifuku-ji in Kagoshima. It is also used among the Seven Head Temples of Jōdo-shū and Taiseki-ji of Nichiren Shōshū. In the Tendai tradition, the term Zasu...

The Rinzai school (Japanese: 臨済宗, romanized: Rinzai-shū, simplified Chinese: 临济宗; traditional Chinese: 臨濟宗; pinyin: Línjì zōng), named after Linji Yixuan...

focused traditions established by Hōnen's followers (mainly Jōdo-shū, and Shinran's Jōdo Shinshū) became the largest Buddhist tradition in Japan and remain...