Talk:Shoshinge

Latest comment: 15 years ago by Nio-guardian in topic Hymns in Japanese Buddhism

Hymns in Japanese Buddhism edit

A previous edit stated "The Jodo Shinshu sect of Buddhism is the only sect that makes extensive use of hymns along with the chanting of Buddhist sutras." This is nonsense as the Jodo Shinshu hymns are a development of the Tendai and Shingon shomyo traditions, and also in modern times even sects like the Zen Soto-shu freqently sing hymns.

See e.g. http://www.jstor.org/pss/851399 http://www.jodo.org/teachings/hymns.html

--Nio-guardian (talk) 10:16, 30 September 2008 (UTC)Reply