Returning from a Japanese funeral ... I read the postcard and learned that in the Jodo Shinshu sect (Pure Land Buddhism), death is not considered an impurity because when a person dies, they ...

Featuring immersive imagery of the Buddhist Pure Land, “Ojodo” is shown in a new 360-degree CGI theater at Senjuji temple’s Rokkakudo hall in Tsu, the capital of Mie Prefecture, on Jan. 11 ...

TACOMA, Washington, March 18. -- Some of the leaders of religious thought in Japan are endeavoring to choose between Buddhism, Shintoism, and Christianity as the future religion of the empire.