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    3. 浄土宗

    浄土宗

    浄じょう土ど宗しゅう

    Pure Land sect (of Buddhism)

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    じょうどしゅう

    Noun

    1.
    Pure Land sect (of Buddhism), Jodo (sect)

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    浄じょう土ど宗しゅうは日に本ほん仏ぶっ教きょうの宗しゅう派はの一ひとつです。

    Jodo-shu is one of the sects of Japanese Buddhism.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    彼かれの家か族ぞくは代だい々だい、浄じょう土ど宗しゅうの信しん者じゃだ。

    His family has been followers of the Jodo-shu sect for generations.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyFamily & Relationships
    京きょう都とには浄じょう土ど宗しゅうの大おおきなお寺てらがたくさんあります。

    There are many large Jodo-shu temples in Kyoto.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyTravel & TransportationCulture & Traditions
    浄じょう土ど宗しゅうの開かい祖そである法ほう然ねん上しょう人にんは、民みん衆しゅうに仏ぶっ教きょうを広ひろめました。

    Honen Shonin, the founder of the Jodo-shu sect, spread Buddhism among the common people.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyHistoryCulture & Traditions
    浄じょう土ど宗しゅうの教おしえは、阿あ弥み陀だ仏ぶつの救きゅう済さいを信しんじることで極ごく楽らく往おう生じょうできるというものです。

    The teachings of Jodo-shu are that one can attain rebirth in the Pure Land by believing in the salvation of Amitabha Buddha.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    浄
    きよ.める・きよ.い…(2)
    clean・purify・cleanse・exorcise・Manchu Dynasty
    土
    つち…(5)
    soil・earth・ground・Turkey
    宗
    むね…(13)
    religion・sect・denomination・main point・origin…(1)
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