New leader of 'Jodo Shinshu' Buddhist sect gives speech

New leader of 'Jodo Shinshu' Buddhist sect gives speech

KYOTO, Japan - New "Monshu" or leader Kojun Otani of the Honganji-ha sect of the "Jodo Shinshu" (True Pure Land) Buddhist school delivers a speech during a leadership change rite at its Nishi Honganji head temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on June 6, 2014.

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