Shinran was a key Japanese Buddhist figure of the Kamakura Period who is regarded as the founder of the Jōdo Shinshū school of Japanese Buddhism.
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Statue of Shinran Shonin in Kyōto
A scroll depicting part of the life of Shinran
Kamakura-period statue of Thousand-armed Kannon at Sanjūsangen-dō in Kyoto, Japan.
Manuscripts of Notes on Guidance Toward Birth in the West, a compilation of Hōnen texts by Shinran.
Illustration from the Godenshō (御伝鈔). a hagiography of Shinran by Kakunyo
Main hall of Bukkō-ji (Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto)
"Amida Manifesting in the Dharma-body of Expedient Means", Japanese painting, at the Met.In their orbit 3
About this person
Shinran was a key Japanese Buddhist figure of the Kamakura Period who is regarded as the founder of the Jōdo Shinshū school of Japanese Buddhism. A pupil of Hōnen, the founder of the Japanese Pure Land movement, Shinran articulated a distinctive Pure Land vision that emphasized faith and absolute reliance on Amida Buddha’s other-power.
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Lived 1173 to 1263 · aged 89
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