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Jōdo|ˈdʒəʊdəʊ|
Also Jō-do.
[Jap., lit. ‘purified land’.]
a. A Japanese Buddhist sect which teaches salvation through absolute faith in the Buddha Amida and constant repetition of a formulaic prayer invoking his name.
b. One of the heavens of Buddhist faith; spec. the Western Paradise, where the Buddha Amida resides. Also attrib. or as adj.
1727J. G. Scheuchzer tr. Kæmpfer's Hist. Japan I. iv. iii. 287 Zealous persons, chiefly the followers of the Sect of Siodo. 1886B. Nanjio Short Hist. Twelve Jap. Buddhist Sects ix. (title) The Jō-do-shū, or Pure Land sect. 1895W. E. Griffis Relig. Japan ix. 268 The Japanese technical term, ‘tariki’, or relying upon the strength of another, renouncing all idea of ji-riki or self-power is the substance of the Jō-dō doctrine. 1911B. H. Chamberlain Jap. Poetry iv. 215 Jōdo, literally, ‘the Pure Land’, is one of the Buddhist heavens fabled to exist in the West. 1938D. T. Suzuki Zen Buddhism & its Influence on Jap. Culture i. iii. 37 The Jōdo appeals naturally more to plebeian requirements because of the simpleness of its faith and teaching. 1970J. W. Hall Japan from Prehist. to Mod. Times vi. 74 In the tenth century new and more accessible teachings began to gain currency among the aristocracy. Among these was the worship of Amida, the Buddha of the Pure Land (Jōdō) or Western Paradise. |