The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1165 page)

Japanese expressions referring to opposing methods of attaining salvation, jiriki, or salvation through one's own efforts, and tariki, salvation depending upon another power. The common illustration of these concepts is the monkey and the cat. Infant monkeys cling to their mothers to be carried, but cats carry their young, lifting them by the back of the neck.

 
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(Jap.). Meditation on Skt. letters. For an example, see
A
.

 
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(Jap., ‘the Time School’). A form of
Pure Land
Buddhism founded by
Ippen
in 1276. The main practice of Jish
is the constant repetition of the
nembutsu
, as if, at each moment, one is on the point of death. Since Jish
originally had no temple, its adherents travelled about (like Ippen) encouraging the recitation of the nembutsu. For this reason, they are also known as Yugy
-ha, the school of wanderers.

 
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Jisso
(reality)
:

see
SEICH
NO IE
.

 
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