Jōdo-shū
A living tradition within Pure Land.
Jōdo-shū is a living tradition within Pure Land. Also written Pure Land school (Japan).
Origin
Founder named in the sources: Hōnen (1133–1212). No founding year is given below, because the sources read do not agree on one and a date has not been chosen for them. Araki lists Jōdoshū among the Kamakura-period (1185–1333) schools, founded by Hōnen (1133–1212), emphasising Amida Buddha. The Pure Land Schools entry describes the Jōdo school as based on Hōnen's teachings. No founding year is given in either source.
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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. “Jōdo-shū.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-jodo-shu.
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title = {Jōdo-shū},
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howpublished = {English version},
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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.