Jodo Shu Beautiful Palms at Chion-in Japanese-style Temple Lahaina Maui Hawaii
by Sharon Mau
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Jodo Shu Beautiful Palms at Chion-in Japanese-style Temple Lahaina Maui Hawaii
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Sharon Mau
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"Jodo Shu traces its history back to 1175 when upon leaving Mt. Hiei, Honen set up residence on Higashiyama and began his teaching career. While this is perhaps best understood as a mythical or spiritual beginning for Jodo Shu, a more distinct beginning for the sect dates from the time of Ryochu (1199-1287), the student of Bencho who was one of Honen's main disciples.
Ryochu was able to establish Bencho's teachings, known as the Chinzei doctrine. Meanwhile, the followers of Honen's other close disciples established their own orders, such as Jodoshin-shu which formed from Shinran's teachings and Seizan jodo-shu which formed from Shoku's teachings.
Although all of these movements regard Honen as an important teacher, it is only Jodo Shu which claims him as its principal teacher and which attempts to carry on his essential teachings. Yet even at such an early period, Jodo Shu was more of an idea than an institution. It was not until the early 15th century that the teachings and training system of Jodo Shu was systematized and that it gained official government approval. This was soon followed by a period of great prosperity ushered in by the patronization of Tokugawa Ieyasu himself in 1590. From this prosperity to the excesses of the late Edo period and through the war period, Jodo Shu has continued to develop and change.
Present day Jodo Shu has about seven thousand temples, of which Chion-in in Kyoto is the head temple. There are seven other main temples in the country and nineteen overseas temples in Hawaii, mainland USA and Brazil." http://www.jodo.org/about_js/history.html
Jodo Shu
Beautiful Palms at Chion-in Japanese-style Temple
Lāhainā Maui Hawai'i
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