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| − | Also known as [[Ben'a]] or [[Shoko]]. The [[second patriarch]] of the [[Japanese]] [[Pure Land]] ( [[Jodo]]) school and founder of the [[Chinzei]] branch of that school. At first, he studied the [[Tendai]] [[doctrine]] at [[Enryaku-ji]] [[temple]] on [[Mount Hiei]]. In 1190 he returned to his home in Chikuzen Province. There the [[death]] of his younger brother awoke him to the uncertainty of [[life]], and he became [[interested]] in the [[idea]] of [[rebirth]] in the [[Pure Land]]. In 1197 [[Bencho]] went to {{Wiki|Kyoto}}, where he met [[Honen]], the founder of the [[Pure Land school]], and became his [[disciple]]. Thereafter he returned home, but went again to {{Wiki|Kyoto}} in 1199 to continue his study under [[Honen]]. In 1204 he went to propagate the [[Pure Land]] [[teaching]] in his home area of Chikuzen and in Chikugo, Higo, and other provinces. He is said to have built forty-eight [[temples]]. He wrote several treatises including The [[Doctrine]] of "The [[Nembutsu Chosen above All]]" and The [[Essentials of the Pure Land Doctrine]]. [[Ryochu]], the [[third patriarch]] of the school, was his most famous [[disciple]]. | + | Also known as [[Ben'a]] or [[Shoko]]. The [[second patriarch]] of the [[Japanese]] [[Pure Land]] ( [[Jodo]]) school and founder of the [[Chinzei]] branch of that school. |
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| + | At first, he studied the [[Tendai]] [[doctrine]] at [[Enryaku-ji]] [[temple]] on [[Mount Hiei]]. In 1190 he returned to his home in [[Chikuzen Province]]. | ||
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| + | There the [[death]] of his younger brother awoke him to the uncertainty of [[life]], and he became [[interested]] in the [[idea]] of [[rebirth]] in the [[Pure Land]]. | ||
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| + | In 1197 [[Bencho]] went to {{Wiki|Kyoto}}, where he met [[Honen]], the founder of the [[Pure Land school]], and became his [[disciple]]. Thereafter he returned home, but went again to {{Wiki|Kyoto}} in 1199 to continue his study under [[Honen]]. | ||
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| + | In 1204 he went to propagate the [[Pure Land]] [[teaching]] in his home area of [[Chikuzen]] and in [[Chikugo]], [[Higo]], and other provinces. | ||
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| + | He is said to have built forty-eight [[temples]]. He wrote several treatises including The [[Doctrine]] of "The [[Nembutsu Chosen above All]]" and The [[Essentials of the Pure Land Doctrine]]. [[Ryochu]], the [[third patriarch]] of the school, was his most famous [[disciple]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:28, 3 January 2016
Bencho
弁長 (1162–1238)
Also known as Ben'a or Shoko. The second patriarch of the Japanese Pure Land ( Jodo) school and founder of the Chinzei branch of that school.
At first, he studied the Tendai doctrine at Enryaku-ji temple on Mount Hiei. In 1190 he returned to his home in Chikuzen Province.
There the death of his younger brother awoke him to the uncertainty of life, and he became interested in the idea of rebirth in the Pure Land.
In 1197 Bencho went to Kyoto, where he met Honen, the founder of the Pure Land school, and became his disciple. Thereafter he returned home, but went again to Kyoto in 1199 to continue his study under Honen.
In 1204 he went to propagate the Pure Land teaching in his home area of Chikuzen and in Chikugo, Higo, and other provinces.
He is said to have built forty-eight temples. He wrote several treatises including The Doctrine of "The Nembutsu Chosen above All" and The Essentials of the Pure Land Doctrine. Ryochu, the third patriarch of the school, was his most famous disciple.
