Ōtani-ha (真宗大谷派, Shinshū Ōtani-ha) is a Japanese Buddhist movement. It belongs to Jōdo Shinshū, also known as Shin Buddhism.[1] The movement has approximately 5.5 million members.[2]
The headquarters of Ōtani-ha are in Kyoto,[3] the mother temple is Higashi Honganji. The historic Shōman-ji, Nagoya also belongs to it.
Otani University in Kyoto belongs to Ōtani-ha.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Mission of Singapore, An introduction to the Head Temple - Nishi Hongwanji
- ^ 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
- ^ [1] Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ōtani University". Encyclopedia of Japan. Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
Bibliography edit
- Suzuki, David A. (1985), Crisis in Japanese Buddhism : case of the Otani Sect, Los Angeles : Buddhist Books International, ISBN 0914910515