① 人間の合理的知覚をこえた存在である神、仏などを信じ、安心や幸福などを得ようとする行為、また、そのための教えの総称。
(religious) denomination; sect
Shingon sect (of Buddhism)
heresy; dangerous religion; (arch.) Christianity
Ōbaku school of Zen Buddhism
Tendai sect (of Buddhism)
Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren); Tendai sect of Buddhism
Hosso sect of Buddhism (Japanese equivalent of the Chinese Faxiang sect)
(arch.) Zen (Buddhism); confusing style of middle-age Japanese poetry
Pure Land sect (of Buddhism); Jodo (sect)
the study or science of religion; religious studies
doctrinal dispute (within or between religious schools)
denominational doctrine; doctrine of a sect
Hosso sect of Buddhism (Japanese equivalent of the Chinese Faxiang sect)
Sanron sect (of Buddhism)
six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)
study of religious doctrine
different religion or sect
believer of my denomination
World Conference of Religions for Peace
Ritsu (school of Buddhism)
Yuzu Nembutsu (school of Pure Land Buddhism)