Ōtani-ha

Higashi Honganji in Kyoto, the headquarters of the Ōtani-ha

Ōtani-ha (真宗大谷派, Shinshū Ōtani-ha)) is a Japanese Buddhist movement. It belongs to the Jōdo Shinshū, sect also known as Shin Buddhism or True Pure Land. ^[1] The movement has approximately 5.5 million members. ^[2]

The headquarters of Ōtani-ha are in Kyoto, ^[3] the mother temple is Higashi Hongan-ji. The historic Shōman-ji, Nagoya also belongs to it.

Ōtani University in Kyoto belongs to Ōtani-ha. ^[4]

See also

• Hongan-ji
• Pure land Buddhism
• Shinran

References

1. Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Mission of Singapore, An introduction to the Head Temple - Nishi Hongwanji
2. Esben Andreasen (1998), Popular Buddhism In Japan: Shin Buddhist Religion & Culture, University of Hawaii Press, ISBN   0-8248-2028-2, pp. 11, 38-39, 101
3. Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
4. "Ōtani University". Encyclopedia of Japan. Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC   56431036 . Retrieved 2012-09-04.

Bibliography

• Suzuki, David A. (1985), Crisis in Japanese Buddhism : case of the Otani Sect, Los Angeles : Buddhist Books International, ISBN   0914910515