Jodo Shinshu

[ joh-doh shin-shoo ]

noun

, Buddhism.

1. the largest sect of Jodo, stressing simple trust rather than ritual as the means to salvation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jodo Shinshu¹

< Japanese Jōdo Pure Land + shinshū true faith (< Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese jìngtǔ zhēnzōng )

Example Sentences

Gregory Gibbs, a pastor at Pasadena Buddhist Temple in California, said the building has four times hosted vaccine clinics for local residents, and that the roughly 60 temples in his denomination — Buddhist Churches of America is a U.S. branch of the worldwide Jodo Shinshu Buddhism — are pro-vaccine.

From Washington Post

The founder centuries ago of Jodo Shinshu, Gibbs said, was a physician, and there is an emphasis on science and healing.

From Washington Post

The site is now affiliated with the Buddhist Churches of America, part of the Jodo Shinshu branch, that’s also the oldest Buddhist organization in the United States.

From Washington Post

But most Buddhists in the U.S., like Buddhists in Japan, belong to the Jodo Shinshu sect, which teaches that the Buddhist goal of cosmic enlightenment can be reached through faith in Amida Buddha, the Enlightened One of Infinite Life and Light.

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