法相宗

ほっそうしゅう ほうそうしゅう

Hosso sect of Buddhism (Japanese equivalent of the Chinese Faxiang sect)

法華宗

ほっけしゅう

Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren)

宗教法

しゅうきょうほう

religious law

宗教法人法

しゅうきょうほうじんほう

Religious Corporations Act

宗教法人

しゅうきょうほうじん

religious organization, religious organisation

宗

しゅう そう

sect

真宗

しんしゅう

Shin Buddhism

宗学

しゅうがく

study of religious doctrine

宗務

しゅうむ

religious matters

宗論

しゅうろん

doctrinal dispute (within or between religious schools)

宗義

しゅうぎ

denominational doctrine, doctrine of a sect

他宗

たしゅう

another sect

宗家

そうけ そうか

head of family, originator

同宗

どうしゅう どうむね

the same sect

宗教

しゅうきょう

religion, religious affiliation, belief, faith, creed

異宗

いしゅう いむね

different religion or sect

邪宗

じゃしゅう

heresy, foreign religion

皇宗

こうそう

imperial ancestors

八宗

はっしゅう

the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period