Jodo Shinshu

[ joh-doh shin-shoo ]
/ ˈdʒoʊ doʊ ˈʃɪn ʃu /

noun Buddhism.

the largest sect of Jodo, stressing simple trust rather than ritual as the means to salvation.

Origin of Jodo Shinshu

< Japanese Jōdo Pure Land + shinshū true faith (< Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese jìngtǔ zhēnzōng)