Bukkyo University

Bukkyo University (佛教大学, Bukkyō daigaku) is a private university in Kita-ku, Kyoto in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

The university began as an organization within the Chion-in Temple for the lecturing and study of Buddhism in 1868.

[9] The school's official predecessor was founded in 1912, and it was chartered as a junior college in 1949.

[9] Bukkyo means Buddhism in Japanese, and the university's philosophy is based on Jōdo-shū (Pure Land) Buddhism.

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