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| − | [[ | + | Also known as [[Nen'amidabutsu]] or [[Nen'a]]. The [[third patriarch]] of the [[Japanese Pure Land]] ( [[Jodo]]) school, after [[Honen]] and [[Bencho]]. |
| − | + | A native of Iwami Province, he entered [[Gakuen-ji]] [[temple]] to study in 1211 and received the [[precepts]] at [[Enryaku-ji]], the head temple of the [[Tendai school]] on [[Mount Hiei]] in 1214. | |
| − | + | He studied the [[doctrines]] of the [[Dharma Analysis Treasury]] ([[Kusha]]), [[Tendai]], [[True Word]] ([[Shingon]]), [[Dharma Characteristics]] ([[Hosso]]), [[Zen]], and [[Precepts]] ([[Ritsu]]) schools until 1232 when he went to his native place and began to practice the [[Pure Land teaching]]. | |
| − | + | In 1236 he traveled [[west]] to [[Chikugo]] to learn the [[Pure Land]] [[doctrine]] from [[Bencho]] and then went [[east]] to the [[Kanto]] region to propagate that [[teaching]]. | |
| − | + | He won the support of [[HojoTsunetoki]], the fourth {{Wiki|regent}} of the {{Wiki|Kamakura shogunate}}, and other members of the [[Hojoclan]] and founded [[Goshin-ji]] [[temple]] (later renamed [[Renge-ji]] and then [[Komyo-ji]]) in [[Wikipedia:Kamakura, Kanagawa|Kamakura]] in 1243. | |
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| − | He won the support of HojoTsunetoki, the fourth {{Wiki|regent}} of the {{Wiki|Kamakura shogunate}}, and other members of the [[Hojoclan]] and founded Goshin-ji [[temple]] (later renamed Renge-ji and then Komyo-ji) in [[Wikipedia:Kamakura, Kanagawa|Kamakura]] in 1243. | ||
He made this [[temple]] the center of [[propagation]] of the [[Pure Land teaching]] and went on to win support from other [[shogunate]] authorities. | He made this [[temple]] the center of [[propagation]] of the [[Pure Land teaching]] and went on to win support from other [[shogunate]] authorities. | ||
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see also: [[Nen'a]] | see also: [[Nen'a]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:54, 4 January 2016
Also known as Nen'amidabutsu or Nen'a. The third patriarch of the Japanese Pure Land ( Jodo) school, after Honen and Bencho.
A native of Iwami Province, he entered Gakuen-ji temple to study in 1211 and received the precepts at Enryaku-ji, the head temple of the Tendai school on Mount Hiei in 1214.
He studied the doctrines of the Dharma Analysis Treasury (Kusha), Tendai, True Word (Shingon), Dharma Characteristics (Hosso), Zen, and Precepts (Ritsu) schools until 1232 when he went to his native place and began to practice the Pure Land teaching.
In 1236 he traveled west to Chikugo to learn the Pure Land doctrine from Bencho and then went east to the Kanto region to propagate that teaching.
He won the support of HojoTsunetoki, the fourth regent of the Kamakura shogunate, and other members of the Hojoclan and founded Goshin-ji temple (later renamed Renge-ji and then Komyo-ji) in Kamakura in 1243.
He made this temple the center of propagation of the Pure Land teaching and went on to win support from other shogunate authorities.
see also: Nen'a
Source
http://www.sgilibrary.org/search_dict.php?SearchSelect=dict&p=2&m=2&in=2&q=patriarch
