浄土真宗
じょうどしんしゅう Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School
Why it means this
浄土 (Pure Land) + 真宗 (the True Sect) — Shin Buddhism, Shinran's offshoot of Pure Land, Japan's largest Buddhist school.
Breakdown
- 浄 ジョウ clean, purify, cleanse
- 土 つち soil, earth, ground
- 真 ま reality, Buddhist sect
- 宗 むね religion, sect, denomination
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