Shinran: The Purpose of Life

The last years of the Heian period, and follows the early life and works of Japanese Buddhist monk Shinran — the prominent founder of the Japanese independent True Pure Land sect of Buddhism.

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Shinran [Topic]

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Shinran (親鸞, May 21, 1173 – January 16, 1263) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, who was born in Hino (now a part of Fushimi, Kyoto) at the turbulent close of the Heian Period and lived during the Kamakura Period. Shinran was a pupil of Hōnen and the founder of what ultimately became the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Japanese Buddhism.

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