'Jodo Shinshu' Buddhist sect holds rite to have new leader

'Jodo Shinshu' Buddhist sect holds rite to have new leader

KYOTO, Japan - The Honganji-ha sect of the "Jodo Shinshu" (True Pure Land) Buddhist school holds a ceremony to usher in its new "Monshu" or leader at its Nishi Honganji head temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on June 6, 2014, with new Monshu Kojun Otani sitting in the middle of a chancel in front of an altar.

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