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Jōdo Shinshū

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Shinran the founder of Jodo Shinshu

  Jōdo Shinshū (浄土真宗, "The True Essence of the Pure Land Teaching"[1]) is a school of Pure Land Buddhism. Shinran founded it in the 1200s.

Jodo Shinshu is the biggest Buddhist group in Japan.[2]

References

  1. "The Essentials of Jodo Shinshu from the Nishi Honganji website". Retrieved 2016-02-25.
  2. Jeff Wilson, Mourning the Unborn Dead: A Buddhist Ritual Comes to America (Oxford University Press, 2009), pp. 21, 34.

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