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jodo shinshu

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Jo⋅do Shin⋅shu

[joh-doh shin-shoo]
–noun Buddhism.
the largest sect of Jodo, stressing simple trust rather than ritual as the means to salvation.

Origin:
< Japn Jōdo Pure Land + shinshū true faith (< MChin, equiv. to Chin jìngtǔ zhēnzōng)
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