REL130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jōdo Shinshū, Shinano Province, Buddhism In Japan
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In buddhist-oriented universities or special schools the children of monks obtain education in buddhist teachings. In the kamakura period (1185 1333) the majority of japanese sects were founded as modern buddhist sects. Christianity teachings as they are known today are found in one book. Includes 12,170 volumes of 3,130 buddhist titles. Hundred books contain a total of 83,198 printed pages. Basic education which the children of monks receive today in order to become priests. Not necessarily the teachings of the buddha. Rather the teachings of the founder of each sect. Today"s dominant sects are aligned with the newly developed buddhist sects of the late twelfth to early fourteenth centuries. Ordered him to have his hair shaved after seeing a disciple who looked like a goblin. Typically, the reason provided for getting a shaved head is to end the ostentation and pride of the secular world centered on the second fascicle of the text.
