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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.
Nishi Honganji, Kyoto Higashi Hongan-ji, Kyoto. 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).
The Buddhist Churches of America (abbreviated as BCA in English, 米国仏教団 or Beikoku Bukkyōdan in Japanese) is the United States branch of the Nishi Honganji subsect of Jōdo Shinshū ("True Pure Land School") Buddhism.
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.
The Buddhist Women's Association (BWA) is the English name of the worldwide auxiliary lay organization of the Nishi Hongwanji-ha branch of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism. [1] Its Japanese name is Fujinkai. Many Jodo Shinshu temples in Japan, mainland United States, Hawaii, South America, and Canada have BWA chapters.
Jōdo Shinshū wa established in South America in tandem with the immigration of Japanese people.The Mission was officially recognized by the Brazilian government in 1955 and is the most recent among overseas temple districts.
Although no change was made as a result of this, a discussion regarding "proper" English Buddhist nomenclature has continued to be present within the BCA. [11] Later, BCA came to conduct an inquiry and analysis of the usage of the term "bishop" as an equivalent to the Japanese sochō. The inquiry was conducted through the BCA Ministerial ...
The Institute of Buddhist Studies is a Jodo Shinshu-affiliated seminary and graduate school, located in Berkeley, California.It is a member school of the Graduate Theological Union, also located in Berkeley.