Ji-shū
A living tradition within Pure Land.
Ji-shū is a living tradition within Pure Land. Also written Ji school, Time school.
Origin
Founder named in the sources: Ippen Chishin (1239–1289). No founding year is given below, because the sources read do not agree on one and a date has not been chosen for them. Based on the teachings of Ippen (1239–1289); listed among the Kamakura Pure Land schools. No founding year given.
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Citation
English
The language and the date you read it belong in the citation: this corpus is multilingual and articles are revised after publication.
John Shaqi. “Ji-shū.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-ji-shu.
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author = {John Shaqi},
title = {Ji-shū},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {English version},
url = {https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-ji-shu},
note = {Accessed n.d.}
}The word count is counted from this edition. The minute estimate uses 238 words a minute, the silent reading rate for English non-fiction reported by Brysbaert (2019). The Urdu, Hindi and Roman Urdu editions carry a word count and no estimate, because no comparable rate has been published for those scripts.