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Jodo en · NOUN

Etymology

A borrowing of Japanese 浄土 (Jōdo, literally “Pure Land”), q.v.

Meanings

1. (Japanese, alt-of, uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of jodo: any of various other pure lands.
   alt of jodo
   • Simple faith in Buddha's grace was all that one needed to cross this ocean of samsara to the Jodo or 'Pure Land'. 1999 Nov., Prabuddha Bharata, p. 877

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Jodo en · PROPN

Etymology

A borrowing of Japanese 浄土 (Jōdo, literally “Pure Land”), q.v.

Meanings

1. (Japanese) Synonym of Pure Land: a sect of Buddhism and its primary afterlife, the seat of the Amida Buddha.
   • 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. 2012, Atsuyoshi Fujiwara, Theology of Culture in a Japanese Context, page 175:
   • 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. 1901, R.L. Halsey, The Religion of Japan & the Present Attitude of the Japanese, page 13:
   • The Jō-do-shū, or Pure Land sect. 1886, Bunyiu Nanjio, chapter IX, in A Short History of the Twelve Japanese Buddhist Sects:
   • The Jōdo appeals naturally more to plebeian requirements because of the simpleness of its faith and teaching. 1938, Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, Zen Buddhism and Its Influence on Japanese Culture, page 37:
   • ...zealous persons, chiefly the followers of the Sect of Siodo... 1727, Engelbert Kaempfer, translated by John Gaspar Scheuchzer, History of Japan, volume I, page 287:
   • In 1579, the two great sects of Nichiren and Jōdo held a great discussion upon religious subjects. 1876, William Elliot Griffis, Mikado's Empire, page 233:

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Synonyms

Pure Land