Jōdo-shū

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Jōdo-shū is a major Japanese Buddhist school that emphasizes salvation through faith in Amida Buddha and the recitation of the nembutsu.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Jōdo-shū canonical 13
Japanese Jōdo-shū 1
Jodo Shu 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist school
Japanese Buddhist denomination
classification Mahayana Buddhism
linked to: Mahayana
clergyType married clergy (in some branches)
monastic
corePractice nembutsu
recitation of Namu Amida Butsu
country Japan
dateFounded 1175
doctrine accessibility to laypeople
emphasis on tariki (other-power)
reliance on Amida’s vow rather than self-powered practices
emphasis faith and devotion over scholasticism
founder Hōnen
founderBirthName Seishin-bō Genkū
founderBirthYear 1133
founderDeathYear 1212
goal rebirth in the Western Pure Land of Amida
headTemple Chion-in
headTempleLocation Kyoto
historicalEraOfDevelopment Kamakura period
historicalEraOfOrigin late Heian period
linked to: Heian period
influencedBy Chinese Pure Land Buddhism
linked to: Pure Land Buddhism

Tendai Buddhism
languageOfLiturgy Japanese
languageOfScriptureStudy Classical Chinese
literalMeaning School of the Pure Land
mainDeity Amida Buddha
linked to: Amitābha Buddha
nativeName 浄土宗
linked to: Jōdo-shū
placeFounded Japan
Kyoto
region East Asia
relatedSchool Jōdo Shinshū
Seizan branch of Jōdo-shū
linked to: Jōdo-shū
religion Buddhism
ritual chanting of Namu Amida Butsu
memorial services for the dead
romanization Jōdo-shū
scripturalBasis Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra
Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra
Smaller Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra
soteriology rebirth in the Pure Land
salvation through faith in Amida Buddha
tradition Pure Land Buddhism
veneratedBuddha Amitābha
linked to: Amitābha Buddha
viewOnKamakuraPeriod one of the new Kamakura Buddhist movements
viewOnNembutsu primary cause for rebirth in the Pure Land

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pure Land Buddhism hasSchool Jōdo-shū
Pure Land Buddhism hasSchool Jōdo Shinshū
linked to: Jōdo-shū
Tendai Buddhism influenced Jōdo-shū
Japanese Buddhism hasComponent Jōdo-shū
Zojo-ji Temple religiousAffiliation Jodo-shu
linked to: Jōdo-shū
Honen-in affiliation Jōdo-shū
Amitābha Buddha centralFigureOf Jōdo-shū
Jōdo-shū nativeName 浄土宗
linked to: Jōdo-shū
Jōdo-shū romanization Jōdo-shū
Jōdo-shū relatedSchool Seizan branch of Jōdo-shū
linked to: Jōdo-shū
Hōnen founded Jōdo-shū
Daochuo influenced Jōdo-shū
Shandao influenced Jōdo-shū
Western Pure Land JapaneseName Jōdo
linked to: Jōdo-shū
Mappo influenced Jodo Shu
subject linked to: mappo (Latter Day of the Law)
linked to: Jōdo-shū
Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra influencedTradition Japanese Jōdo-shū
linked to: Jōdo-shū
Eikan-do Zenrin-ji BuddhistSect Jōdo-shū
Zenkō-ji BuddhistAffiliation Jōdo-shū
subject linked to: Zenkō-ji Temple
Jōdo Shinshū originatedFrom Jōdo-shū