Ji-shu

Ji-shū (時宗, lit. time sect) is one of four schools belonging to the Pure Land within Japanese Buddhism . The other three are Yūzū Nenbutsu, Jōdo-shū ("the Pure Land School") and Jōdo Shinshū ("the True Pure Land School"). 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]

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Ji-shū
時宗
Shōjōkō-ji, by Hiroshige
Classification	Pure Land Buddhism
Headquarters	Shōjōkō-ji
Founder	Ippen
Origin	1270
Separated from	Seizan Jōdo-shū

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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]

The school was founded in 1270 by Ippen .^[1] In addition to practicing nembutsu,^[5] he was strongly influenced by the non-dualism within Zen . He even received Dharma transmission as a Zen master from Rōshi Kakushin.^[6][7]

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.

Shōjōkō-ji (清浄光寺), a temple located in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, and serves as the headquarters of the sect today.^{[8] [9]}