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Jōdo shū (浄土宗 "The Pure Land School"), also known as Jodo Buddhism, is a branch of Pure Land Buddhism, derived from the teachings ...

There are three major sutras in Pure Land Buddhism: The Infinite Life ... Shinran’s Pure Land Buddhism was named Jodo Shinshu; Honen’s was ...

liberation. Like other schools of Pure Land Buddhism, the central focus ... to have created a heretical sect of Pure Land Buddhism through claims that ...

tradition. He was a reformer, who took Buddhism to the common people and ... He was the first to systematize Korean Buddhism, bringing the various Buddhist ...

by particular sects of Sino-Japanese Buddhism, especially among the Chinese ... part to the increasing popularity of Pure Land Buddhism, but Vairocana's ...

the founder of the Linji school of Chán Buddhism during Tang Dynasty China ... name for the lineage of his form of Zen Buddhism. The Linji school of Buddhism ...

Other Shore: Honen and the Way of Pure Land Buddhism (Jodo Shu Press, 2001 ... Other Shore: Honen and the Way of Pure Land Buddhism. Jodo Shu Press, 2001 ...

students in arts and culture steeped in Buddhism and Taoism. Those societies ... They combined the spiritual practice of a Pure Land monk with the fighting ...

world and the West by introducing Zen Buddhism and other Far Eastern religious ... to Ceylon to study Pāli and Theravada Buddhism and live the alien life ...

Tendai (天台宗; Tendai-shū) is a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism ... set out to reform Hinayana (Theravada) Buddhism, reasserting the importance ...

patriarch of Chan. After Hongren, Chan Buddhism split into two schools led ... Hongren emphasized meditation practice, teaching that the Pure Mind ...

sects to Silla, such as Seon and Pure Land Buddhism. The aristocratic class ... sects in Silla and Unified Silla. Pure Land Buddhism found an especially ...

After meeting with opposition from the traditional schools of Buddhism ... and shows significant influence from the Pure Land school, which is largely ...

practice of Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism. It serves several religious ... ===Pure Land Buddhism=== Like Nichiren, Pure Land Buddhists such as ...

temple. The contribution he made to Buddhism and Buddhist art in Singapore ... U Kyaw Gaung. The temple houses the largest pure white marble statue of the ...

In Tibetan Buddhism, Shambhala (Tibetan: bde byung, pron. 'De ... scriptures also speak of a closely-related land called 'Olmolungring ...

quot;) of Huangmei, where he taught Chan Buddhism for thirty years and attracted ... of daily life, a them which became central to Chan Buddhism. ...

are particularly prevalent in Vajrayana Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism ... or "Ancient School" of Tibetan Buddhism. As such, she is connected ...

:See Korean Buddhism for more information. [[Image:Monk_in_the_temple ... Buddhism originated in India and came to Korea by way of China. A ...

Vajrayana Buddhism (also known as Tantric Buddhism, Tantrayāna, Esoteric ... resurgent Daoism, Confucianism, and Pure Land Buddhism. However, Mongolia ...

that developed in Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism circa fourth century C.E. ... The two principal schools of Indian Mahayana Buddhism are the Yogācāra ...

In both the Theravada and Mahayana traditions of Buddhism, faith is ... As Buddhism evolved and spread throughout Asia, the act of faith became ...

Huineng is the Sixth Patriarch of Chán Buddhism, as well as the last official ... quot; (頓教) Southern Chan school of Buddhism, which advocated an immediate ...

by Tibetans well before the arrival of Buddhism by Tibetan armies as regimental ... Buddhism has always demonstrated its ability to adopt and absorb shamanistic ...

Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its ... Korean Buddhism today consists mostly of the Seon lineage. Seon has ...

and is also considered to be holy in Buddhism, Sikhism, and some new religious ... in prayers towards Amitbha Buddha in Pure Land Buddhism, among other sects. ...

lifetime, he is the founder of Nichiren Buddhism, a major Japanese Buddhist ... eminent was Honen, founder of Jodo (Pure Land) Buddhism. After studying and ...

:I shall see the famous places in the Western Land." (The Western Land refers to the strip of land by the Tokkaido between ...

Japan from abroad were Confucianism, Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism, Daoism ... with the establishment of Pure Land Buddhism (Jodo Shu) by Honen ...

11th district, for the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. ... small temple highlighted the influence of Buddhism in Silla and foretold the ...

a living history of the development of Buddhism in Japan. ... a living history of the development of Buddhism in Japan. ...

lineages in Tibet after the repression of Buddhism by King Langdarma (Glang Darma). Atisha, a Buddhist monk credited with reforming Tibetan Buddhism, ...

the beliefs of the Jōdo Shinshu (True Pure Land) sect of Buddhism ) of ... spent his life dedicated to the study of Buddhism, administration, and martial ...

) is a term used in Tantric Buddhism that means "wheel of time ... Kalachakra initiation on him, based on his pure motivation. ...

" is a form of Mahāyāna Buddhism that stresses the practice ... Ch'an was taught alongside Pure Land Buddhism in many Chinese Buddhist ...

the development of Hindu art, until Buddhism virtually disappeared in ... form during the first few centuries of Buddhism. This reluctance towards ...

the start of the Age of Mappō (1052), Buddhism was considered to be in ... who would take all the faithful to the Pure Land or Western Paradise. ...

complete enlightenment, and teach the pure dharma. As such, he will be ... clearly explicated by Tansen Sen, in his Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade: The ...

hills—kiyoi mizu (清い水, literally “pure water”). ... Amitabha is the primary buddha of Pure Land Buddhism, known in Japanese ...

Religion in Korea encompasses Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity ... Korean people, especially through Pure Land Buddhism and Seon Buddhism. ...

philosophy developed, the influence of Buddhism, which had guided the former ... be applied to secular matters, unlike Buddhism, which required isolation ...

the center for imperially sponsored Buddhism and its dissemination throughout ... In the Fujiwara period, Pure Land Buddhism, which offered easy salvation ...

was then connected to mainland Asia by land bridges, and nomadic hunter ... === Shinto and Buddhism === In 538 C.E. Buddhism was introduced into ...

came to be regarded as the holiest area of land. The vision of Varanasi as ... associated with Hinduism, strong ties to Buddhism and Jainism also exist in ...

represent the first tangible evidence of Buddhism. The edicts describe in ... plate inscriptions were used as records of land ownership to support a sophisticated ...

despite the importation of Confucianism and Buddhism. Amaterasu is ... the importation of Confucianism and Buddhism. Ancient Japanese texts ...

including Mithraism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Shintoism ... of saints such as Bodhidharma. In Pure Land Buddhism, the halo is used in ...

world, where he has helped to spread Buddhism and to publicize the ideal ... the way but points out that even in Pure Land Buddhism, in which re-birth ...

years, and flourished for a time in the land of its birth (Persia) and ... in the original Syriac writings, are in pure Aramaic. The adaptation of ...

In certain Buddhist sects, prayer accompanies meditation. Buddhism ... * Pure Land Buddhism emphasizes the recitation of prayer-like mantras ...

role the province has played in fostering Buddhism, especially Zen Buddhism. ... The province is traditionally known as the "Land of Fish and ...

Buddhism and Japanese Buddhism. Pure Land Buddhism also became popular ... different forms. For example, in Pure Land Buddhism, devotion to the Buddha ...

warlord and a daimyo, with some land holdings in Owari province ... the beliefs of the Jōdo Shinshu (True Pure Land) sect of Buddhism and ...

peoples before the vast majority accepted Buddhism, Islam, or Lamaism. It centers ... Tuva, and Mongolia, along with Tibetan Buddhism and Burkhanism. Some rituals ...

drawing elements from the religions of Buddhism, Hinduism, Bon, and various ... for use within the practice of Tibetan Buddhism and, despite the existence ...

systems of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Elements of pre-existing ... systems of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Elements of pre-existing ...

resources. One-half of its irrigated land is planted in cotton, placing ... during daylight hours. It is said to be made of pure gold. ...

Kant held in the Critique of Pure Reason that the mind plays a central ... given by Kant in his Antinomies of Pure Reason applied not only to ...

system was officially adopted in place of Buddhism, which had become corrupted ... conferred the posthumous title of Mun Sun (Pure Word) upon him. The Dosan ...

and the minds of the people will become as pure as crystal…As a result, ... Both Theravada (the way of the elders) and the later Mahayana Buddhism ...

B.C.E., prior to and during the rise of Buddhism in India. They represent ... is derived from Jana suggests the taking of land by a Jana tribe for a settled ...

them to the toilet), was initially read as pure pornography, while interpretation ... without return. Henceforth, leaving aside pure and simple dissipation, analogous ...

hokku. He was strongly influenced by Zen Buddhism, and is said to have regretted ... poverty, sad life, and devotion to the Pure Land sect of Buddhism are ...

of human sacrifice, and the change from pure military power to an enrichment ... and Taoism or the introduction of Buddhism and Christianity. It has ...

50,610 square km (19,541 sq. miles) is land and 440 square km (170 sq ... Spanish settlers who stayed had to work the land of the highland valleys without ...

contrasted by a full set of brilliant, pure-white primary feathers. ... releases a dove and a raven to find land; however, the dove merely ...

to a Hindu legend, Trilinga Desa is the land in between three Shiva temples ... The ancient name for telugu land seems to be telinga/telanga desa ...

vis-à-vis the divine), the claim about Buddhism being atheistic is more ... While some schools of Buddhism—such as Theravada—are called atheistic ...

figure, the Mahdi. In some lineages of Buddhism, Maitreya Buddha is expected ... wisely and do what is just and right in the land. In his days Judah will be ...

center of Hinduism, and later of Buddhism. Since 1947, when Pakistan ... The name “Kashmir” means "a land desiccated from water." ...

world at an early date. Both Hinduism and Buddhism were well established in ... fresh water to Singapore, Singapore's land reclamation, bridge construction ...

from Egypt, to lead them to the promised land, and to destroy the hostile ... 2:11; Exod. 3:2). They are described as pure and bright as Heaven; consequently ...

although some major religions (notably Buddhism) reject the notion ... my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water." ...

The two adjoining houses and six acres of land became the nucleus ... you become silent. What remains is just a pure awaiting. You are not making ...

live in the regency of Tana Toraja ("Land of Toraja"). Most of ... and it had little productive agricultural land. In the late nineteenth century ...

adjacent provinces of China where Tibetan Buddhism is the predominant religion. ... Tibet's power and with inviting Buddhism to Tibet. In 640 he married ...

and codes. Many other religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism have ... the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land of the Canaanites whither ...

on August 12, 1868 and after a journey by land and sea arrived in `Akká ... achieve complete enlightenment, and teach the pure Dharma. ...

art is associated with the spread of Buddhism in the seventh and eighth ... Fujiwara art: In the Fujiwara period, Pure Land Buddhism, which offered ...

about the adventures of men in Faërie, the land of fairies, dwarves, elves ... with the marvelous. In this never-never land, humble heroes kill adversaries ...

According to the Digital Dictionary of Buddhism, Chinese xian (仙 ... the wondrous powers of the [真人] Pure Ones,And those of past ages ...

Chaurasia gharana, obtained large grants of land which made them self-sufficient ... ma, dha, and ni can refer to either "pure" (shuddh) or altered— ...

is why Japan is sometimes called the "Land of the Rising Sun." Japan ... culture based upon Confucianism and Buddhism with China and Korea, Japan ...

develop and encourage commerce, and had the land accurately surveyed for the ... stressed unity (tawhid) of all beings and a pure theism that in his view represented ...

as the "First Mover" or "Pure Form," is a completely ... them across the desert to the Promised Land; rescuing faithful Israel ...

names of some Chalukya kings end with the pure Kannada term arasa (meaning ... plates of Vikramaditya I even mentions a land unit called Dasagrama.In fact ...

that the discipline grew beyond "pure" research, to emerge ... "Once upon a time" or "In a land far, far away," and recounting ...

the Urdu and Persian languages means, "Land of the Pure." The name ... as one of the greatest proselytizers of Buddhism, which spread in the region ...

the view that "girls are in essence pure as water, and men are in essence ... married off to a husband in a faraway land. Some versions of the novel ...

the Kingdom. Norway also claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica where it has ... km). Norway shares a 1,580 mile (2,542 km) land border with Sweden, Finland ...

rising from their graves to repopulate the land of Israel. By the time of ... hells according to their sins, while only pure souls are able to reach "Pure ...

and social obligations. By contrast, Buddhism does not encourage or discourage ... into, there is no return to the previously pure state of relating like brother ...

with President Jose Santos Zelaya to lease land so it could build a canal ... in return for amnesty, a grant of land for an agricultural colony ...

Huang Taiji renamed the state Qing, meaning pure, suggesting ambitions beyond ... acting as Mongol khan, patron of Tibetan Buddhism and protector of Muslims ...

claimed to be the only faithful and pure Christians, and asserted that ... was not a philosophical religion like Buddhism, and that Augustine believed ...