religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)
religious leader; person of religion; religious figure; religionist
tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (religious) sect; denomination; one's principles; one's tastes
religious painting; religious picture
(religious) denomination; sect
Shingon sect (of Buddhism)
conversion (to a different religion, denomination, etc.); change (of ideology, interest, taste, etc.); switch
Tendai sect (of Buddhism)
irreligion; lack of religion; unbelief
Pure Land sect (of Buddhism); Jodo (sect)
Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism
religious organization; religious organisation
the study or science of religion; religious studies
Nichiren school of Buddhism
Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School
Soto school (of Zen Buddhism)
heresy; dangerous religion; (arch.) Christianity
Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren); Tendai sect of Buddhism
doctrinal dispute (within or between religious schools)
denominational doctrine; doctrine of a sect
(major) world religion (i.e. Christianity, Buddhism, Islam)
holy city; city developed around a church, temple, shrine, etc. (e.g. Ise, Mecca, Vatican)
religious history; history of religion
religious issue; religious problem; religious question
religious opposition; religious conflict; religious antagonism
Hosso sect of Buddhism (Japanese equivalent of the Chinese Faxiang sect)
Ritsu (school of Buddhism)
convert (e.g. to Buddhism)
Ōbaku school of Zen Buddhism
Sanron sect (of Buddhism)
sacred art; religious art
major religion; great religion
primitive religion; natural religion
Fuke school (defunct sect of Zen Buddhism)
Japanese religious census used to repress Christians (Edo period)
religious drama; miracle play
the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period
six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)
door-to-door solicitor; door-to-door preacher
anthropology of religion; religious anthropology
study of religious doctrine
(arch.) Zen (Buddhism); confusing style of middle-age Japanese poetry
traditional Zen-style architecture
religious fervour; religious enthusiasm
magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)
Shingi Shingon ("New Shingon" school of Buddhism)
Kogi Shingon ("Old Shingon" school of Buddhism)
different religion or sect
Nichiren Shoshu (sect of Buddhism)
founding of a religion (or sect)
Honmon Butsuryū-shū (branch of Nichiren Buddhism)
World Conference of Religions for Peace
Yuzu Nembutsu (school of Pure Land Buddhism)
believer of my denomination
Ritsu (school of Buddhism)