Talk:Hongan-ji

Problem of Separate Honganji Institutions

This article fails to clearly distinguish between activities, buildings and institutions of the separate Nishi Honganji and Higashi Honganji institutions. --Nio-guardian (talk) 11:00, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

I don't think we should get rid of the Media section because Hongwanji's outreach to lay believers is unusual for Japanese Buddhism. However, I agree that the subject of this article is not clear. Are we talking about the generic temple "Hongan-ji", which is now two temples owned by separate sub-sects, or the Hongwanji organization, which does a lot of important work for Jodo Shinshu? Shii (tock) 12:18, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi Shii, Thanks for the feedback. I have re-added the section for now whilst we discuss it.

Whilst its true that Jodo Shinshu is very lay-oriented even the Tendai have considerable media activities and outreach e.g. the “Illuminating One Corner” campaign. Also many lay-Buddhist / Buddhist new religions such as Soka Gakkai and Rissho Koseikai have large media operations. Maybe it could be mentioned in a sentence within the article itself but I'm not convinced a sub-section is merited. --Nio-guardian (talk) 12:54, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

I think your rearrangement has cleared up the confusion nicely. Shii (tock) 01:45, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Good, thanks Shii --Nio-guardian (talk) 07:21, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Nishi and Higashi stubs merged to this article

I have added the info from the two stubs (Higashi Honganji and Nishi Honganji into this article. Hopefully this helps clarify the article somewhat. I suggest that those stubs be deleted. --Nio-guardian (talk) 14:01, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Article says little about beliefs, mostly covers politics

Article does not say much about what the Hongan-ji believe, or what the religious basis for their origin and splits was. It just tells the names of groups and leaders and when they split. --76.168.67.190 (talk) 04:56, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

above was by me, --Tomtul2 (talk) 04:58, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Deleting opening times Study Rooms

The article said that the Kuro-shoin never opens and the Shiro-shoin twice a month. This is false as I went there today and asked it to one of the officials. Apparently the study rooms almost enver open, only on irregular dates. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.4.58.213 (talk) 12:25, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Buddhist Church of America is probably not the largest Overseas district

The membership in BCA has been declining for some time whereas the Brazil kyoden has help on to their membership numbers. In addition, the Hompa Hongwanji of Hawaii probably has as many members as all of BCA. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.244.20.135 (talk) 22:49, 30 May 2011 (UTC)