ETHNOGRAPHIES OF LOCALIZED RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Ethnographies of Local Religious Groups



ETHNOGRAPHIES OF LOCAL RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Judo temple built in honor of the Judo Shinto, also known as Shin Buddhism. This sect of Buddhism that was founded in the twelfth century, a Japanese monk. This is a form of pure Buddhist land, major sects of Buddhist practice in Japan. Loosely translated as calm confidence, it means a higher confidence in the strength and wisdom of Buddha. There are several Buddhist temples in Maui, built by followers of practices that were brought from Japan, China and other Asian countries to work in sugar plantations of Hawaii in the 1800's. Judo Shinto temple in the historic Ludhiana is a new temple built Ludhiana Judo Mission in the late 1960's.

This not only Judo temple in Maui (there is another in Kabuli), but it is the most authentic recreation of Japanese temple complex on the islands. Many people visiting Ludhiana focus only on the history of museums and the lively promenade of the former whaling town. They can skip this Judo Temple, which is one of the most beautiful sights on the island. It is located just to the north from the city center Punta Point, overlooking the ocean and the nearby islands of Molokai, Lanai and Kahoolwae. During this against the backdrop of the beautiful West Maui Mountains.

You can also visit Wo Hing Temple in Lahaina, the museum and the Chinese Buddhist temple. Other Japanese temples on Maui include Makawao, Wailuku and Paia. Known Jodo temple bell in Maui and the big Buddha statue was completed in 1968 to commemorate the centenary of arrival of the first immigrants from Japan. The main pagoda, an unusually graceful and elegant temple tower with three tiers of symmetrical and stood about 90 feet high, and most importantly Jodo temple building was built in 1970. Solid copper shingles, a very authentic Touch, roofing of both buildings. These tiles individually hand cast and a lock on all four sides, creating the impression of a single sheet of copper. Jodo Shinshu temple building replaces the earlier wooden structure which burned down in 1968, and it was designed to be true to the temple structures of old Japan.

After the unification of Japan in the Edo period, Jodo Shinshu Buddhism adapted, as well as other Japanese Buddhist schools, in ensuring the memorial and funeral services for registered users (Danka Seido), which was the law requires the Tokugawa shogunate in order to prevent the spread of Christianity in Japan. Danka Seido system continues to exist today, although not as strictly as in the premodern period, resulting in Japanese Buddhism also be labeled as "funeral Buddhism," since it became the main feature of Buddhist temples. Hongwanji has also established an impressive academic tradition, which led to the creation of Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan, and formalized many of the Jodo Shinshu tradition, still followed today. After the Meiji Restoration and the subsequent persecution of Buddhism (haibutsu kishaku) in the late 1800's in connection with the revived nationalism ...