浄土宗(じょうどしゅう)

じょうどしゅう
noun (proper)
the Jōdo (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism
religionproper-nounorganization-name
1. the Jōdo (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism
A school of Japanese Buddhism founded by Hōnen (法然(ほうねん)) in 1175. It teaches that anyone can be reborn in Amida Buddha's Pure Land by sincerely reciting the nembutsu, 南無阿弥陀仏(なむあみだぶつ). Its head temple is Chion-in in Kyoto.
浄土宗(じょうどしゅう)の寺(てら)を訪(たず)ねた。
I visited a temple of the Jōdo sect.
うちは代々(だいだい)浄土宗(じょうどしゅう)だ。
Our family has belonged to the Jōdo sect for generations.
浄土宗(じょうどしゅう)では、念仏(ねんぶつ)を唱(とな)えることが何(なに)より大切(たいせつ)だとされる。
In the Jōdo sect, reciting the nembutsu is considered most important of all.

Families in Japan usually belong to a temple of one sect, so うちは〜宗(しゅう)だ (our family is ~ sect) matters mainly for funerals and memorial services.

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  • 浄土真宗(じょうどしんしゅう): the True Pure Land sect, founded by Hōnen's disciple 親鸞(しんらん); a separate and larger sect, not the same as 浄土宗(じょうどしゅう)

Related Words

Related: 念仏(ねんぶつ) (reciting Amida Buddha's name)
Related: 阿弥陀(あみだ) (Amida Buddha)
Related: 法然(ほうねん) (Hōnen (founder of the Jōdo sect))
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