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* [[Jodo-shu|Jôdo Shû]] ''Pure Land Buddhism'' * [[Jodo-shinshu|Jôdo Shinshû]] ''"True" Pure Land Buddhism''

Mount Potalaka is a mythical place imagined as the [[Pure Land]] of the [[bodhisattva]] Avalokiteshvara (known in Japanese as [[Kannon]]). ...land somewhere to the south of India, by the [[Ming dynasty]] East Asian [[Buddhism]] associated the mythical Potalaka with Putuoshan, an island just off the c

...is considered the second patriarch of the [[Jodo-shu|Pure Land sect]] of [[Buddhism]] in China.

...t, rather, represents a return to the teachings of [[Saicho|Saichô]]: that Buddhism should be the protector of the Japanese state and the Japanese people, and ...ling upon Amida to save them, a central practice for adherents of Nichiren Buddhism is to chant ''namu myôhô rengekyô'', declaring their faith in the Lotus

...se, worshipped as the chief deity of [[Jodo-shu|Jôdo-shû]], or "Pure Land" Buddhism. Widely worshipped in Japan, Amida is also the most-worshipped incarnation ...'s soul could be pulled by Amida, by those threads, directly into the Pure Land. [[Fujiwara no Michinaga]], who died at the Amida Hall at [[Hojo-ji|Hôjô-

*[[Honen|Hônen]] establishes the [[Jodo-shu|Jôdo-shû]] (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism.

...was the founder of ''[[Jodo shinshu|Jôdo shinshû]]'' Buddhism ("True Pure Land sect"). ...He then considered, or discovered, the notion that entrance into the Pure Land is not something earned through human effort, but is something granted, com

Hônen is considered the founder of [[Pure Land Buddhism]] (''Jôdo-shû'') in Japan. ...ecause the spiritual energies had declined so much since the golden age of Buddhism, enlightenment was no longer attainable, and therefore meditation, celibacy

The [[Pure Land Buddhism|Jôdo-shû]] monk Shunjôbô Chôgen was a direct disciple of [[Honen|Hône ...'s Kasuga Ryûjin (Dragon God of Kasuga), or Myôe Shônin," ''Early Kamakura Buddhism: A Minority Report'', Asian Humanities Press (1987), 103.

...is a temple of the Nishiyama Zenrin branch of the [[Pure Land sect]] of [[Buddhism]], located in [[Fushimi]], [[Kyoto]].

...or all mankind. He called this the ''yûzû nenbutsu''. He thus traveled the land, seeking converts and collecting signatures of those who would recite the ' *“Amida, The Pure Land, and the Response of the Old Buddhism to the New,” in Wm. Theodore De Bary, Donald Keene, George Tanabe, and Pa

...a period]] monk who opposed the radical ideas of [[Pure Land Buddhism|Pure Land]] founder [[Honen|Hônen]]. ...of practices were essential in order for one to earn passage into the Pure Land, i.e. to earn salvation. He advocated reciting a chant that incorporated de

...ally a training temple within the palace grounds, the name (roughly, "pure pure flower temple") derives from the idea of aspiring to sit on the Buddha's lo ...[[Honen|Hônen]] to take over and convert the temple to Jôdo-shû (Pure Land Buddhism). After being moved numerous times, the temple came to its current site in

...hinran]] founds the [[Jodo Shinshu|Jôdo Shinshû]] (True Pure Land) sect of Buddhism.

Chion-in, in Kyoto, is the head temple of the [[Pure Land Sect]] of Buddhism. The main gate of the temple is the largest in the country of that particul

...en Shrine. Despite the ''[[shinbutsu bunri]]'' (dividing [[Shinto]] from [[Buddhism]]) policies of the [[Meiji government]], at Kin the two still remain linked

...Japanese Buddhist temples, are quite sparse in the mainland United States, Buddhism occupies a prominent position in the architectural/urban and religious land ...some kind of acceptance of the Christian God, in order to protect against Buddhism being opposed as a "foreign" religion. His suggestion was rejected, however

Dannôhôrin-ji is a [[Jodo shu|Jôdo shû]] (Pure Land) Buddhist temple in [[Kyoto]] which claims to hold the oldest ''[[maneki ne The monk [[Taichu|Taichû]], after introducing Pure Land Buddhism into the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], returned to Kyoto in [[1611]]

...en Shrine. Despite the ''[[shinbutsu bunri]]'' (dividing [[Shinto]] from [[Buddhism]]) policies of the [[Meiji government]], at Kin the two still remain linked

...oncile Buddhist belief and practice with those of Confucianism and Taoism. Buddhism began to spread in earnest in China in the third century, taking hold in el ...s only one, took root relatively easily in China, as compared to Theravada Buddhism, which focused more strongly on the historical Buddha and his teachings. Bu

*Rise in popularity of [[Pure Land Buddhism]]

*“Amida, The Pure Land, and the Response of the Old Buddhism to the New.” in Wm. Theodore De Bary, Donald Keene, George Tanabe, and Pa

...n [[Kyoto]]'s Higashiyama district, the head of the Seizan [[Jodo shu|Pure Land]] Zenrin-ji sect. ...n-ji. Shôkû then converted Zenrin-ji from Shingon Buddhism to Hônen's Pure Land sect (''Jôdo-shû''), and established it as the head of a new Zenrin-ji se

...i province]], who was the first to bring [[Jodo shu|Jôdo shû]] (Pure Land) Buddhism to [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]]. He took the tonsure at age 14, taking the m ...and studied there for a time, as well as studying the secrets of Esoteric Buddhism at [[Raigo-in|Raigô-in]] in Kyoto. At the age of 30, he published a Sanskr

...enkan]] (千観) － Fourth son of Kimiyori; preacher of [[Jodo Shu]] (Pure Land Buddhism) * [[Kokei|Kôkei]] (皇慶) － Priest of [[Esoteric Buddhism]]

...the efforts of the Soga clan and the regent [[Prince Shotoku]]. Shinto and Buddhism formed a close bond in Japan that continues to this day (with a rift in rel Buddhism is based upon the Four Noble Truths (''Shitai''):

...even [[Shinran]] (1173-1262), founder of Japanese [[Jodo shinshu|Pure Land Buddhism]], is said to have eaten meat after abandoning monastic practice and return

...as stiff, rigid, cramped, and artificial. The school was opposed to both [[Buddhism]] and [[Confucianism]], and centered on assertions of Japan's divine origin ...dynastic line stretching back to [[Amaterasu]] herself, and Japan as the "land of the gods" (''shinkoku'', 神国). [[Motoori Norinaga]] suggested that th

...In this way, the shrine buildings actually alternate between two plots of land as they are rebuilt every twenty years. Wood from the old shrine is then us ...themselves, from the old site to the newly rebuilt shrine, is performed in pure darkness. All artificial lights are extinguished, and a series of white clo

...hn Wiley & Sons (2011), 444.</ref> is one of the most prominent sects of [[Buddhism]] in Japan. It is distinguished by its rejection (to a large extent) of sac ...n considered a more strongly Chinese - that is, a less Japanized - form of Buddhism. Zen temples generally have more strongly Chinese architectural styles, sto

...of types of actors, from brigands, thieves, and those who sought to seize land & power by force, to those who wielded some rightful claim and simply sough ...ace in the period. The Pure Land (''[[Jodo shu|Jodo shû]]'') and True Pure Land (''[[Jodo shinshu|Jodo shinshû]]'') sects were established, as was that of

...of sodomy and [[shudo|pederasty]], and of course wholly disapproving of [[Buddhism]] and [[Shinto]] as "pagan" religions, the Jesuits for the most part, at le ...missionaries even wrote that the Devil himself "had deliberately fashioned Buddhism to resemble the true faith so as to confound and confuse the people."<ref>S

...the missions navigated chiefly by watching the sun and stars, by sighting land and deciding whether that was their destination. When all went well, and th A form of ship known as ''junkôzôzen'' (lit. "pure constructed ship"), using dugout canoes as the core, with planks extended o

...them to see the Japanese not as "workers," but as "small farmers," working land held in trust by Hawaii-Japanese diplomatic relations, and that they should ...s treated their workers cruelly, seeking only the most efficient inputs of pure labor, with the goal of achieving the greatest possible volume of outputs.