Jōdo-shū

E292235

Buddhist school Japanese Buddhist denomination

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

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Jōdo-shū canonical	13
Japanese Jōdo-shū	1
Jodo Shu	1
Jodo-shu	1
Jōdo	1
Jōdo Shinshū	1
Seizan branch of Jōdo-shū	1
浄土宗	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist school ⓘ Japanese Buddhist denomination ⓘ
classification	Mahayana ⓘ surface form: Mahayana Buddhism
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	Heian period ⓘ surface form: late Heian period
influencedBy	Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Chinese Pure Land Buddhism Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy	Japanese ⓘ
languageOfScriptureStudy	Classical Chinese ⓘ
literalMeaning	School of the Pure Land ⓘ
mainDeity	Amitābha Buddha ⓘ surface form: Amida Buddha
nativeName	Jōdo-shū self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 浄土宗
placeFounded	Japan ⓘ Kyoto ⓘ
region	East Asia ⓘ
relatedSchool	Jōdo Shinshū ⓘ Jōdo-shū self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Seizan branch of Jōdo-shū
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
ritual	chanting of Namu Amida Butsu ⓘ memorial services for the dead ⓘ
romanization	Jōdo-shū self-link ⓘ
scripturalBasis	Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra ⓘ Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Smaller Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra
soteriology	rebirth in the Pure Land ⓘ salvation through faith in Amida Buddha ⓘ
tradition	Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ
veneratedBuddha	Amitābha Buddha ⓘ surface form: Amitābha
viewOnKamakuraPeriod	one of the new Kamakura Buddhist movements ⓘ
viewOnNembutsu	primary cause for rebirth in the Pure Land ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Pure Land Buddhism → hasSchool → Jōdo-shū ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jōdo Shinshū

Tendai Buddhism → influenced → Jōdo-shū ⓘ

Japanese Buddhism → hasComponent → Jōdo-shū ⓘ

Zojo-ji Temple → religiousAffiliation → Jōdo-shū ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jodo-shu

Honen-in → affiliation → Jōdo-shū ⓘ

Amitābha Buddha → centralFigureOf → Jōdo-shū ⓘ

Jōdo-shū → nativeName → Jōdo-shū self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 浄土宗

Jōdo-shū → romanization → Jōdo-shū self-link ⓘ

Jōdo-shū → relatedSchool → Jōdo-shū self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seizan branch of Jōdo-shū

Hōnen → founded → Jōdo-shū ⓘ

Daochuo → influenced → Jōdo-shū ⓘ

Shandao → influenced → Jōdo-shū ⓘ

Western Pure Land → JapaneseName → Jōdo-shū ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jōdo

Western Pure Land → associatedWithSchool → Jōdo-shū ⓘ

mappo (Latter Day of the Law) → influenced → Jōdo-shū ⓘ

subject surface form: Mappo

this entity surface form: Jodo Shu

Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra → influencedTradition → Jōdo-shū ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Jōdo-shū

Eikan-do Zenrin-ji → BuddhistSect → Jōdo-shū ⓘ

Zenkō-ji Temple → BuddhistAffiliation → Jōdo-shū ⓘ

subject surface form: Zenkō-ji

Jōdo Shinshū → originatedFrom → Jōdo-shū ⓘ