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Ōtani-ha (真宗大谷派, ''Shinshū Ōtani-ha'') is a Japanese
the mother temple is Higashi Honganji. The historic Shōman-ji, Nagoya also belongs to it. Otani University in
Ōtani-ha (真宗大谷派, ''Shinshū Ōtani-ha'') is a Japanese Buddhist
Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...
movement. It belongs to , also known as Shin Buddhism (or True Pure Land). The movement has approximately 5.5 million members.
The headquarters of Ōtani-ha are in Kyoto,the mother temple is Higashi Honganji. The historic Shōman-ji, Nagoya also belongs to it. Otani University in
Kyoto
Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it t ...
belongs to Ōtani-ha.
See also
* Hongan-ji *Pure land Buddhism
Pure Land Buddhism or the Pure Land School ( zh, c=淨土宗, p=Jìngtǔzōng) is a broad branch of Mahayana, Mahayana Buddhism focused on achieving rebirth in a Pure land, Pure Land. It is one of the most widely practiced traditions of East Asi ...
*Shinran
''Popular Buddhism in Japan: Shin Buddhist Religion & Culture'' by Esben Andreasen, pp. 13, 14, 15, 17. University of Hawaiʻi Press 1998, . was a Japanese Buddhist monk, who was born in Hino (now a part of Fushimi, Kyoto) at the turbulent clos ...
References
Bibliography
* Suzuki, David A. (1985), Crisis in Japanese Buddhism : case of the Otani Sect, Los Angeles : Buddhist Books International, {{Authority control Shinshū Ōtani-ha Schools of Jōdo Shinshū