Otani-ha
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Otani-ha is a Japan
ese Buddhist
movement. It belongs to Jōdo Shinshū
. Otani University
in Kyoto
belongs to Otani-ha. The headquarters of Otani-ha are in Kyoto as well. The mother temple of Otani-ha is Higashi Honganji
. The movement belongs to Shin Buddhism.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese Buddhist
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
movement. It belongs to Jōdo Shinshū
Jodo Shinshu
, also known as Shin Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism. It was founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran. Today, Shin Buddhism is considered the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan.-Shinran :...
. Otani University
Otani University
is a private Buddhist university located in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The university was founded in 1901 as "Shinshū University" in Tokyo with Kiyozawa Manshi as the president.-Notable alumni and faculty:*Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki*Kaneko Daiei*Keido Fukushima...
in Kyoto
Kyoto
is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...
belongs to Otani-ha. The headquarters of Otani-ha are in Kyoto as well. The mother temple of Otani-ha is Higashi Honganji
Higashi Honganji
, or, the Eastern Temple of the Original Vow, is one of two dominant sub-sects of Shin Buddhism in Japan and abroad, the other being Nishi Honganji...
. The movement belongs to Shin Buddhism.
See also
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- Hommon ButsuryuHommon ButsuryuHommon Butsuryu is a Japanese religious movement. It has been established by Nagamatsu Nissen in 1857. It is a Buddhist group. It calls Nichiren Great Master....
- Reiyukai KyodanReiyukai KyodanReiyukai Kyodan is a Japanese Buddhist new religious movement. It belongs to Nichiren Buddhism. It was founded by Kubo Kakutaro in about 1924. His successor was his sister-in-law Kotani Kimi . It has supported various politicians on the right wing of theLiberal Democratic Party. Another group is...
- Seicho-no-le
- Hongan-jiHongan-ji, also archaically romanized as Hongwanji, is the collective name of the largest school of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism...