Shinran (親鸞) | |
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.jpg) Shinran (ICP) (Nara National Museum) | |
| Title | Founder of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism |
| Personal | |
| Born | Matsuwakamaro May 21, 1173 |
| Died | January 16, 1263 (aged 89) Heian-kyō, Yamashiro Province |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Spouse | Eshinni |
| Children | Kakushinnhi, Zenran, others |
| School | Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Hōnen |
Shinran (親鸞, May 21, 1173 – January 16, 1263)[1][2] 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.
- ^ Popular Buddhism in Japan: Shin Buddhist Religion & Culture by Esben Andreasen, pp. 13, 14, 15, 17. University of Hawaiʻi Press 1998, ISBN 0-8248-2028-2
- ^ The Life and Works of Shinran Shonin