Jodo
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]A borrowing of Japanese 浄土 (Jōdo, literally “Pure Land”), q.v.
Proper noun
[edit]Jodo
- (Japanese Buddhism) Synonym of Pure Land: a sect of Buddhism and its primary afterlife, the seat of the Amida Buddha.
- 1727, Engelbert Kaempfer, translated by John Gaspar Scheuchzer, History of Japan, volume I, page 287:
- ...zealous persons, chiefly the followers of the Sect of Siodo...
- 1886, Bunyiu Nanjio, chapter IX, in A Short History of the Twelve Japanese Buddhist Sects:
- The Jō-do-shū, or Pure Land sect.
- 1876, William Elliot Griffis, Mikado's Empire, page 233:
- In 1579, the two great sects of Nichiren and Jōdo held a great discussion upon religious subjects.
- 1901, R.L. Halsey, The Religion of Japan & the Present Attitude of the Japanese, page 13:
- In the far off West there is said to be the home of Amida... He is free from the chain of transmigration and enjoys a conscious and happy immortality in ‘Jodo’,—that is, in the Pure Land.
- 1938, Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, Zen Buddhism and Its Influence on Japanese Culture, page 37:
- The Jōdo appeals naturally more to plebeian requirements because of the simpleness of its faith and teaching.
- 2012, Atsuyoshi Fujiwara, Theology of Culture in a Japanese Context, page 175:
- Jodo Buddhism... had in its structure a grace-based doctrine of salvation of trusting in its goddess that was similar to the doctrine of grace in Christianity.
Noun
[edit]Jodo (uncountable)
- (Japanese Buddhism) Alternative letter-case form of jodo: any of various other pure lands.
References
[edit]- “Jodo, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.