We can’t narrow down to one single head temple on Jodo Shinshu. (Some also say that he passed on at Koen-ji Temple (Kyoto City Shimogyo Ward) and his body was moved to Zenpo-in for some reason.) Shinran (jap. He then developed Mt. Then Shinran was given a new Buddhist name, "Shakku", by Honen. Nagarjuna: "Jujubibasharon", the ninth chapter of 'Igyohon' (the easy practice); "Junirai" (the twelve stanzas of adoration), Vasubandhu: "Muryojukyo ubadaisha ganshoge" (Discourse on the Pure Land), Tan-luan: "Muryojukyo ubadaisha ganshoge-chu" (Commentary of a discourse on the Pure Land); "San Amida Butsu Ge" (hymns praising Amida Buddha), Tao-cho: "Anraku-shu" (treatises on peace and joy), Shan-tao: "Kammuryoju-kyosho" (a commentary on the Kanmuryojukyo) (Kangyosho); "Ojo Raisan Ge" (hymns on the verse in the Pure Land) (Ojo Raisan); "Tengyo gyodogan ojojodo hojisan" (service book for the Pure Land school) (Hojisan); "Ekangyotomyo hanjuzanmai gyodo ojosan" (hymns on the presence of the Buddha) (Hanjusan); "Kannen Amida Butsu sokai sanmai kudoku homon" (directions for meditation and invocation) (Kannen homon), Genshin: "Ojoyoshu" (treatises on rebirth)", Genku Sho'nin (Honen Sho'nin): "Senjaku Hongan Nenbutsu Shu" (treatises on the Great Vow)" (Singled-Out Collection), Prince Shotoku: Shinran revered Prince Shotoku as "Wakoku-no-kyoshu" (the founder of Japanese Buddhism) and worshiped him as an incarnation of Kannon Bosatsu (Bodhisattva). In 1250, he completed "Yuishinsho mon'i" (preserved in the Morioka Honsei-ji Temple). As mentioned before, the faith in this context isn't the faith given by people's own efforts, but it is Amida Butsu who gives them the faith, and everything that happens in this world is due to the work of Amida Butsu. In November, 1211 (5 years after his exile), the court issued an order to pardon Shinran and Honen. The book "Bussetsu Muryoju-kyo" was also called "Daimuryoju-kyo" (Daikyo), and considered the most significant sutra by Shinran. given name as a child was said to be Matsuwakamaro. Monk Shinran was born in 1173 in the village of Hino, near Uji, south of Kyoto city. Hiei and stayed at the training center called Jogyodo in the Shuryogon-in in Yokawa, where his master Jien served as Kengyo. The principal Buddhism images and the twelve zodiacal signs, Honji-Suijaku thought (Buddhism and Shinto), Japanese considerations of death and life (1), Japanese considerations of death and life (2), Japanese considerations of death and life (3), Japanese considerations of death and life (4). The date of the Venerable Masterfs birth is generally. It is also said that Shinran spent 4 years on writing a rough draft of his main work "Kenjodo shinjitsu kyogyo shomonrui" (Kyogyo shinsho) at his thatched hut in Inada. Honen was given the nonclerical name "Motohiko FUJII", and Shinran "Yoshizane FUJII". Shinran also wrote in his book "Shoshinge" that it is really difficult to keep holding your faith without any misunderstandings. Everybody is unenlightened person.

declined as well. The number of the temples founded by the Kanto followers are now 43, and they survive to this day being called "Temples founded by twenty-four followers of Shinran". The temple’s priest, Ryōkai, who was a men of renowned brilliance, admired

His missionary work in the Kanto region lasted about 20 years. Since his exile, he had stuck to his own status which was neither a monk nor a layman. However, the teaching doesn't necessarily deny those who try to attain enlightenment by themselves (or those who try to choose the Difficult Path). While Shinran's nenbutsu group was censured by the Buddhist establishment and the other sects of Jodo Shu, a distinctive character of his discipline became clear, so his followers established a new sect, Jodo Shinshu, after his death. "Songo shinzo meimon" (eulogies inscribed on the scrolls of the holy names and portraits), "Ichinen tanen shomon" (notes on one-thought and many thoughts), "Yuishin shomoni" (notes on faith, commented), "Shinran Sho'nin goshosoku" (the letters of Shinran), "Eshinni shosoku" (the letters of Eshinni), "Shukke to Sono Deshi" (entering the Buddhist priesthood and the disciple) written by Hyakuzo KURATA, "Shiroi Michi - Honen, Shinran to Sono Jidai" (A White Path: Honen, Shinran and Their Times - made into a movie by SHOCHIKU Corporation in 1987; Director: Rentaro MIKUNI) We are greatly appreciative of the wonderful article In 1255, he completed "Songo shinzo meimon" (an abstract/ preserved in the Houn-ji Temple in Fukui Prefecture), "Jodo sangyo ojo monrui" (an abstract/ Kencho version), "Gutokusho" (2 vols.)

After Shinran met Honen (the founder of Jodo Shu) and became his disciple, he inherited 'the discipline of the true religion, Jodo Shu', making all efforts to enhance it. After his return to Kyoto, he began to devote himself to writing books.