Hōnen
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title:
Hōnen
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Hōnen was the religious reformer and progenitor of the first independent branch of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism called Jōdo-shū. He is also considered the Seventh Jōdo Shinshū Patriarch. Hōnen became a Tendai initiate at an early age, but grew disaffected and sought an approach to Buddhism that anyone could follow, even during the perceived Age of Dharma Decline. After discovering the writings of the Chinese Buddhist Shandao, he undertook the teaching of rebirth in the pure land of Amitābha throu
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12th-century Japanese Buddhist monk; founder of the Jōdo-shū sect
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%8Dnen
date created:
2003-05-06T10:31:23Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T06:37:50Z
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