Shingon Ritsu sect

Japanese: 真言律宗 - しんごんりっしゅう

A sect of Buddhism said to have been introduced from China by Kukai. Based on the Sarvativite Vinaya, it also includes the Sukhavati-kyō (3 volumes) and the Sōvākha-kyō (3 volumes), and establishes the Samaya precepts. Myōnin recited it during the Keichō era (1596-1615), and in the Keian era, Jōgen further refined the sect's style. During the Kansei era, Jion Sonja reformed it, calling it Shohō, and the Shingon Ritsu sect was established. It was headed at Koki-ji Temple in Kawachi and later belonged to the Shingon sect, but in 1895 it became independent and established Saidai-ji Temple in Nara as its head temple.

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Japanese:

空海が中国から伝来したと伝えられている仏教の一宗派。『有部律』を所依とし，『蘇悉地経』 (3巻) ，『蘇婆呼経』 (3巻) を加え，三摩耶戒を立てている。明忍が慶長年間 (1596～1615) にこれを唱え，慶安年間になって浄厳が宗風を高めた。寛政年間に慈雲尊者が改革して，正法律と称し，真言律宗が大成した。河内の高貴寺を本山としてのちに真言宗に属したが，1895年に独立して奈良西大寺を本山とした。

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