Kamakura Buddhism

Japanese: 鎌倉仏教 - かまくらぶっきょう

Since the end of the Heian period, a trend in Buddhist thought that sought to overcome the idea of the Latter Days of the Law led to the revival of new Buddhism and Nara Buddhism by the mid-Kamakura period. New Buddhism included Pure Land Buddhism, with Honen founding the Jodo sect, Shinran founding the Jodo Shinshu sect, Ippen founding the Jishu sect, and Nichiren founding the Nichiren sect, spreading faith to many. The monks Eisai and Dogen, who returned to Japan, founded the Rinzai and Soto sects of Zen Buddhism, attracting faith mainly from the samurai class. On the other hand, in Nara Buddhism, active figures emerged such as Koben of the Kegon sect, Shunjo of the Ritsu sect, who restored Sennō-ji Temple, and Eison and Ninsho, who launched a relief project for non-humans and lepers.

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Japanese:

平安末期以来，末法(まっぽう)思想の克服を願った仏教思想の動向の中から，鎌倉中期頃までに新仏教や南都仏教の復興がおこった。新仏教には浄土教系から法然(ほうねん)は浄土宗，親鸞(しんらん)は浄土真宗，一遍(いっぺん)は時宗を，また日蓮(にちれん)は日蓮宗を開宗，衆諸に信仰を広げた。帰朝僧栄西(えいさい)と道元(どうげん)は，禅宗の臨済(りんざい)宗・曹洞(そうとう)宗を開き，主に武士層の信仰を集めた。一方南都仏教では華厳(けごん)宗の高弁(こうべん)，律宗では泉涌(せんにゅう)寺を復興した俊【じょう】(しゅんじょう)，非人・癩者の救済事業を起こした叡尊(えいぞん)・忍性(にんしょう)らが出て活発な活動を行った。

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