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Hōnen (法然, May 13 (April 7), 1133 – February 29, 1212) was the religious reformer and progenitor of the first independent branch of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism called Jōdo-shū (浄土宗, "The Pure Land School"). He is also considered the Seventh Jōdo Shinshū Patriarch.
Hōnen (born May 13, 1133, Inaoka, Mimasaka province, Japan—died February 29, 1212, Kyōto) was a Buddhist priest and the founder of the Pure Land (Jōdo) Buddhist sect of Japan. He was seminal in establishing Pure Land pietism as one of the central forms of Buddhism in Japan.
May 8, 2018 · HŌNEN (1133 – 1212), more fully H ō nen Sh ō nin Genk ū, was a Japanese Buddhist priest and reformer, and the founder of the J ō dosh ū sect of Japanese Buddhism. H ō nen's life reflects the changing times in which he lived as well as his role in those changes.
Quick Reference. (1133–1212). Founder of the Jōdo Shū.or Pure Land school, in medieval Japan. Hōnen was born into a locally prominent family, and lost his father at an early age when a manager of nearby imperial estates raided his family lands.
Hōnen, a.k.a Honen Bo Genku, (法然; 1133-1212) is credited with the establishment of Jōdo (Pure Land) Buddhism as an independent sect in Japan. He initially studied at the famous temple of Enryakuji atop Mount Hiei, later leaving it to spread his own unique message of salvation to the general population.
Hōnen , orig. Seishimaru, (born May 13, 1133, Inaoka, Mimasaka province, Japan—died Feb. 29, 1212, Kyōto), Japanese Buddhist leader. As a monk at the Mount Hiei monastery of the Tendai (Tiantai) sect, he learned the Pure Land doctrines of Chinese Buddhism ( see Pure Land Buddhism ), which taught salvation by the mercy of Amitabha Buddha ...
Hōnen, also Honen Bo Genku (法然; 1133 - 1212), was a Buddhist monk credited with the establishment of Jodo (Pure Land) Buddhism as an independent sect in Japan. He initially studied at the Enryakuji Temple atop Mount Hiei, later leaving it to spread his own unique message of salvation to the general population.
Hōnen (1133 – 1212) founded Jodo Shu, or the Pure Land Denomination of Buddhism, and the first patriarch of Jodo Shu. The center of his teaching was where Chion-in , the Head Temple of Jodo Shu, now stands.
Hōnen was born on the seventh day of the fourth month (lunar calendar) in 1133, which was during the late Heian Period (794-1185). He was born on the Kume Nanjō Inaoka Estate in Mimasaka Province (present-day Okayama Prefecture), and he was the first son of Uruma Tokikuni, the estate’s overseer.
Hōnen was the religious reformer and founder of the first independent branch of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism called Jōdo-shū (浄土宗, "The Pure Land School"). He is also considered the Seventh Jōdo Shinshū Patriarch.
