Name | Jishu-sect Jishu |
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Sect | Shojyo Daishi, "Ippen Shonin" |
Founding of Sect | Kamakura Era (1274) |
Head Temple | Yugyo-ji Temple (Shohjyohkoh-ji Temple) |
Principal Image (Buddha) | "Amidabutsu (Amidabha)" is respected as the principal image. |
Pray Chanting the name of Buddha | Namu Amida Butsu (Homage to Amida Buddha) |
Teachings | The current prayer to Amidabha to invocate "Namu Amida Butsu" is the most important. If people fulfill the current moment by engaging in and making efforts to their family businesses and getting along with together, the entire world will be more brighter by making good use of it and people will be able to live long healthy all together. It is the teaching that the way to Pure Land is opened there. |
Sutra | The Buddhist Scriptures, such as Muryoju-kyo (Sutra of Immeasurable Life), Kanmuryoju-kyo (Meditation Sutra), Amida-kyo (Amida Sutra), and Rokuji Raisan (devotional exercises where Buddhist priests pray to the Buddha at six in the morning and the evening) are recited. |
Jishu-sect is the Nenbutsu set founded by Ippen Shonin approximately 700 years ago.
Zendo Daishi spread the teachings of Nenbutsu in Tang dynasty period of China.
In Kamakura Era, Honen Shonin deeply believed in these teaching s of Zendo Daishi and founded Jodo sect.
Ippen Shonin is the disciples of the disciples of Shojyo Daishi as the founder of Seizan sect (of Pure Land Buddhism), one school of the Jodo Sect.
The following is the reason the sect founded by Ippen Shonin is currently called "Jishu-sect".
Zendo Daishi called his disciples "Jishu (assembly of monks and laity)".
Then, Honen Shonin, Shojyo Daishi and Ippen Shonin followed that.
They performed prayer to Amitabha and reading of scriptures called Rokuji-Raisan by dividing a day into 6 sections (4 hours each) before a statue of Buddha.
These are alternatively performed every four hours.
In addition, people spent their days of Nenbutsu-Zammai (mental absorption in the Nenbutsu) called Betsuji Nenbutsu(recitation of Amida Buddha's name ) on a specified day and time period.
In short, they called such people the people of time, that is, "Jishu".
While this term was used decreasingly, it has been still used by the sect that follows the sect of Ippen Shonin. Then "Jishu" became the name of this sect.
In the era of Tokugawa, it was renamed as "Jishu sect", which also became the name of the sect.
The Buddha believed in Jishu sect is called Amidabutsu (Amitabha). Especially, the myogo (the name of the Buddha) was set as the Honzon (principal image of Buddha).
The teaching of Jishu sect is to wish to cross over in the pure land of the Buddha (the Land of Happiness) after all, in the state of being one with the Buddha by constantly chanting this myogo, receiving limitless wisdom of Amidabutsu and unlimited lives, and leading each day filled with peace of mind and delight.
The teaching of Jishu sect is based on Muryoju-kyo (Sutra of Immeasurable Life), Kanmuryoju-kyo (Meditation Sutra), Amida-kyo (Amida Sutra).
These are called "three major sutras of Pure Land Buddhism".
Travelling around all over Japan by the past holy priests in order to spread their teachings of Nenbutsu preached in Buddhist Sutra is called "Yugyo" (preaching the teachings while traveling)
The names of Yugyo Syonin and Yugyo-ji Temple are originated from Yugyo.
Distribution of Nenbutsu fuda (invocation charms) by Yugyo Shonin is called "Fusan", as the evidence that people are saved by Nenbutsu.