Ji-shū (時宗, lit. time sect) is one of four schools belonging to the Pure Land within
Japanese Buddhism . The other three are
Jōdo-shū ("the Pure Land"),
Jōdo Shinshū ("the True Pure Land") and
Yūzū Nembutsu . The school has around 500 temples and 3,400,000 followers. Ji-shū means "school of time"[1] and the name is derived from its central teaching of reciting
Nembutsu at regular intervals.[2]
In the general classification of Buddhism in Japan, the Jōdo-shū, the
Jōdo Shinshu, the Ji-shu and the
Yuzu Nembutsu shu are collectively classified into the lineage of Jōdo Buddhism. (Jōdo kei, 浄土系)[3][4]
Other practices associated with the Ji-shū include scheduled sessions of chanting (hence the name Ji-shū "Time sect"), the handing out of slips of paper with the nembutsu written on them,[2] and keeping a register of the converted.
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