Ritsu school

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The Ritsu school is a Japanese Buddhist tradition focused on the strict study and observance of monastic precepts and disciplinary codes.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ritsu school canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist school ⓘ
Japanese Buddhist tradition ⓘ
aimsTo preserve authentic Buddhist monasticism ⓘ
associatedWith Nara Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Buddhism
classification Mahāyāna Vinaya tradition ⓘ
Vinaya school ⓘ
corePractice monastic training ⓘ
ordination rituals ⓘ
precept recitation ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
doctrineCharacteristic legalistic interpretation of precepts ⓘ
textual study of Vinaya ⓘ
emphasizes ethical discipline ⓘ
strict observance of precepts ⓘ
ethicalFocus avoidance of precept violations ⓘ
observance of vows ⓘ
ethicalOrientation monastic discipline over lay practice ⓘ
focusesOn Buddhist disciplinary codes ⓘ
Vinaya ⓘ
monastic precepts ⓘ
goal correct observance of Buddhist law ⓘ
purity of the sangha ⓘ
hasAspect practical enforcement of monastic rules ⓘ
scholastic study of Vinaya texts ⓘ
hasConcept confession of transgressions ⓘ
full ordination ⓘ
novice ordination ⓘ
restoration of precepts ⓘ
historicalRole reform of Japanese Buddhist monastic life ⓘ
influenced Japanese monastic regulations ⓘ
later Japanese Buddhist precept traditions ⓘ
languageOfScripture Classical Chinese ⓘ
originatesFrom China ⓘ
partOf Japanese Buddhist schools ⓘ
region East Asia ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
scripturalBasis Dharmaguptaka Vinaya ⓘ
Vinaya Pitaka ⓘ
stresses communal enforcement of rules ⓘ
formal ordination lineage ⓘ
teaches detailed rules for monks ⓘ
detailed rules for nuns ⓘ
traditionType monastic ⓘ
viewsPreceptsAs foundation of Buddhist practice ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Japanese Buddhism → hasComponent → Ritsu school ⓘ
Nichiren → criticized → Ritsu school ⓘ