Washin Buddhism

Washin Buddhism (Japanese: 和心宗, Washin-shū; lit. "School of the Heart of Peace), also known as Washinism (和心教; Washinkyō), is one of the current major schools of Buddhism within the Coalition of Congressional Republics. Formed by a radical Shingon monk named Tōke of Nagoya sometime after the end of the Second Martian-Terran War, it emphasized greater syncretism of Shintō theology with that of Buddhism. Tōke began this school, initially as a breakaway movement, in order to forge a greater Japanese spiritual identity, which at the time was seen as being assailed on all sides by growing atheism or foreign faiths such as Christianity, Islam, and new age religions.
What truly elevated the Washin School to become a potent sect of Buddhism was its patronage by the Kanetomi dynasty, starting in the 2080s. Ichirō Kanetomi, the son of the official founder of the dynasty Kijūrō, was a prominent Japanese nationalist and saw the Nagoya-born Washin School as a possible tool of spiritual rejuvenation for his clan and identity. Converting many of his previously Shingon and Zen Buddhist relatives, Ichirō would eventually propel the Washin School to become accepted by the government of Japan. From the beginning of the 2100s onward, Washin Buddhism would eventually supplant the domination of other Buddhist schools in both Japanese colonies abroad and in Japan itself.
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