Jodo

jodo jōdo jōdō English Pure Land Buddhism Alternative forms en jodo Etymology A borrowing of en ja 浄土 Jōdo Pure Land, q.v. Proper noun en Japanese _ Buddhism en Pure Land: a sect of Buddhism and its primary afterlife, the seat of the Amida Buddha. en 1727 John Gaspar Scheuchzer Engelbert Kaempfer History of Japan I 287 ...zealous persons, chiefly the followers of the Sect of Siodo... en 1886 Bunyiu Nanjio A Short History of the Twelve Japanese Buddhist Sects ix The Jō-do-shū, or Pure Land sect. en 1876 William Elliot Griffis Mikado's Empire 233 In 1579, the two great sects of Nichiren and Jōdo held a great discussion upon religious subjects. en 1901 R.L. Halsey The Religion of Japan & the Present Attitude of the Japanese 13 In the far off West there is said to be the home of Amida... He is free from the chain of transmigration and enjoys a conscious and happy immortality in ‘Jodo’,—that is, in the Pure Land. en 1938 w:Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki Zen Buddhism and Its Influence on Japanese Culture 37 The Jōdo appeals naturally more to plebeian requirements because of the simpleness of its faith and teaching. en 2012 Atsuyoshi Fujiwara Theology of Culture in a Japanese Context 175 Jodo Buddhism... had in its structure a grace-based doctrine of salvation of trusting in Guanyin its goddess that was similar to the doctrine of grace in Christianity. Noun - en Japanese _ Buddhism en jodo: any of various other pure lands. 1999 Nov., Prabuddha Bharata, p. 877: Simple faith in Buddha's grace was all that one needed to cross this ocean of samsara to the Jodo or 'Pure Land'. References Jodo n 101469 2021