皇祖皇宗

こうそこうそう

ancestors of the Imperial Family

宗

しゅう そう

sect

皇

divine; imperial

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

宗法

そうほう しゅうほう

(historical) regulations governing Chinese religious observances and social order

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

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

自宗

じしゅう

one's religious sect

宗旨

しゅうし

tenets (doctrines) of a religious sect, (religious) sect

密宗

tantrism; esoteric Buddhism