Hōnen , also known as Genkū, was the founding figure of the Jōdo-shū , the first independent branch of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism.
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Hōnen studying the three scriptures of the Tendai school at Mount Hiei, from the Honen Shonin Eden (Chion-in Version), an Illustrated biography of Hōnen c. 14th century
Preparations for the Ohara debate
Hōnen meets Kujo Kanezane.
Honen's public preaching
Hōnen teaching
A depiction of Hōnen's dream vision of master Shandao
Kamakura-period statue of Thousand-armed Kannon at Sanjūsangen-dō in Kyoto, Japan.About this person
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Lived 1133 to 1212 · aged 78
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