Ji-shū ( 時宗 , lit. time sect ) is one of four schools belonging to the Pure Land within Japanese Buddhism . The other three are Jōdo-shū ("the Pure Land"), Jōdo Shinshū ("the True Pure Land") and Yūzū Nembutsu . The school has around 500 temples and 3,400,000 followers. Ji-shū means "school of time" and the name is derived from its central teaching of reciting Nembutsu at regular intervals.
4-781: In the general classification of Buddhism in 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) The school was founded in 1270 by Ippen . In addition to practicing nembutsu , he was strongly influenced by the non-dualism within Zen . He even received Dharma transmission as a Zen master from Rōshi Kakushin. Other practices associated with
8-458: A Tendai monk named Ryōnin (良忍, 1072–1132) wrote a commentary on rituals and hymns in practice at the time and founded the school in 1117, with its headquarters located at Dainenbutsu-ji in Osaka . The distinction of this Pure Land sect lies in its emphasis on the nature of interconnectedness amongst phenomena. The recitation of the nembutsu was not merely an individual quest for salvation in
12-536: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Yuzu Nembutsu Yuzu Nembutsu ( 融通念仏宗 , Yūzū-nenbutsu-shū ) is a school of Pure Land Buddhism that focuses on the ritual recitation of the Nembutsu (or Nianfo ), the name of the Amitabha Buddha . Followers believe this recitation benefits not just the speaker, but the entire world as well. The sect began in the twelfth century when
16-540: The Ji-shū include scheduled sessions of chanting (hence the name Ji-shū "Time sect"), the handing out of slips of paper with the nembutsu written on them, and keeping a register of the converted. Shōjōkō-ji ( 清浄光寺 ) , a temple located in Fujisawa, Kanagawa , and serves as the headquarters of the sect today. [REDACTED] Media related to Ji-shū at Wikimedia Commons This Buddhism -related article
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