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Nishi Hongan-ji (西本願寺) is a Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist temple in the Shimogyō ward of Kyoto, Japan.It serves as the head temple of the sub-sect Honganji-ha.. It is one of two Jōdo Shinshū temple complexes in Kyoto, the other being Higashi Hongan-ji, which is the head temple of the sub-sect Ōtani-ha.
Hongan-ji (本願寺, Temple of the Primal Vow), also archaically romanized as Hongwanji, is the collective name of the largest school of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism (which further sub-divides into the Nishi and Higashi branches). 'Hongan-ji' may also refer to any one of several actual temple buildings associated with the sect. Nishi Honganji ...
Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha (the period Japanese transcription), or more commonly Jodo Shinshu Honganji-ha (the contemporary Japanese transcription, 浄土真宗本願寺派, Jōdo Shinshū Honganji-ha), is a Japanese Buddhist organization. It is a sub-sect within Jodo Shinshu. [1] Its head temple is Nishi Hongan-ji.
Jōdo Shinshū (浄土真宗, "The True Essence of the Pure Land Teaching" [1]), also known as Shin Buddhism or True Pure Land Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran. Shin Buddhism is the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan. [2]
Higashi Honganji was established in 1602 by the shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu when he split the Shin sect in two (Nishi Honganji being the other) in order to diminish its power. [1] The temple was first built in its present location in 1658. [2] The temple grounds feature a mausoleum containing the ashes of Shin Buddhism founder Shinran. The ...
COURTESY KANEOHE HIGASHI HONGWANJI MISSION The Rev. Nobuo Matsumoto, shown with his wife Tomoko, became resident minister of the Kaneohe temple in 1952, and served for 28 years. 1 /4 COURTESY ...
The current site of Parker Center, the LAPD's former headquarters, was the original site of the Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple. [16] The south edge of the block where Parker Center stands was part of the First Street business strip of shops. The warehouses and new condominiums to the east of Little Tokyo were once residential areas of the ...
Amid anti-Asian racism during the pandemic, Asian American Buddhists are challenging white-dominant narratives of Buddhism and re-centering Asian American identity in what it means to be Buddhist ...