Monday, October 19, 2009
こころ 下 十九
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Jōdo Shinshū (浄土真宗 "True Pure Land School"?), also known as Shin Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism. It was founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran Shonin (May 21, 1173 – January 16, 1263). Today, Shin Buddhism is considered the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan.
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Buddhism
In 1207, The Buddhist establishment in Kyoto persuaded the military to impose a nembutsu ban, after an incident involving two other disciples of Hōnen, who were subsequently executed. Hōnen and Shinran were exiled, with Shinran being sent to Echigo Province (contemporary Niigata Prefecture). They never met each other again. Hōnen would die later in Kyoto in 1212.
Although Shinran was critical of the motivations that ultimately lead to the exile, and the disruption of Hōnen's practice community, the exile itself proved to be a critical turning point in Shinran's religious life. Having been stripped of his monastic name, he renamed himself Gutoku or "foolish, bald-headed one," coming to understand himself as neither monk nor layman.
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinran_Shonin
長男： ちょうなん eldest son
次男： じなん second son
三男： さんなん third son
三兄弟： さんきょうだい
Jōdo Shinshū (浄土真宗 "True Pure Land School"?), also known as Shin Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism. It was founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran Shonin (May 21, 1173 – January 16, 1263). Today, Shin Buddhism is considered the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan.
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Buddhism
In 1207, The Buddhist establishment in Kyoto persuaded the military to impose a nembutsu ban, after an incident involving two other disciples of Hōnen, who were subsequently executed. Hōnen and Shinran were exiled, with Shinran being sent to Echigo Province (contemporary Niigata Prefecture). They never met each other again. Hōnen would die later in Kyoto in 1212.
Although Shinran was critical of the motivations that ultimately lead to the exile, and the disruption of Hōnen's practice community, the exile itself proved to be a critical turning point in Shinran's religious life. Having been stripped of his monastic name, he renamed himself Gutoku or "foolish, bald-headed one," coming to understand himself as neither monk nor layman.
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinran_Shonin
長男： ちょうなん eldest son
次男： じなん second son
三男： さんなん third son
三兄弟： さんきょうだい
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