Shinran - Shinran

Japanese: 親鸞 - しんらん

A monk from the Kamakura period. Founder of the Jodo Shinshu sect. Posthumously called Kenshin Daishi. After becoming a monk, he often changed his Buddhist name, going by the names Han'en, Shakuku, and Zenshin. After attaining enlightenment through Donran's Other-Power Eko (transfer of power to the deity), he took the name Shinran and Gutoku (foolish monk). At a young age, he entered the school of Jien at Shoren-in Temple, and later trained as a monk at Mount Hiei, and also traveled to Nara to study. He retreated to Rokkakudo, where he was inspired by the writings of Prince Shotoku, and converted to the faith of Honen, devoting himself to the teachings of Other-Power Nembutsu. Later, with Honen's permission, he married Eshinni. In 1207, he was implicated in Honen's Shogen persecution and exiled to Echigo. After receiving the imperial pardon, he traveled throughout Shinano, Shimotsuke, and Hitachi, working to spread the teachings of Shinran, and wrote Kyogyo Shinsho in Inada, Hitachi, laying the foundations of Shinshu. At the age of 60, he returned to Kyoto and built Nishigori-ji Temple in Kibe, Omi. In Kyoto, he moved from place to place, working to spread the teachings of Shinran and to write. His philosophy was said to be based on faith, as opposed to Honen's Nembutsu, and was thoroughly faith-centered, with absolute faith in Amida Buddha being the key to attaining rebirth in the Pure Land. His symbolic expression, "akunin shoki," is also highly regarded as a unique Shinran philosophy. His books include Jodo Monruijusho, Gutokusho, Ichinen Tanen Mon'i, and Sanjo Wasan. The Tannisho is a record of Shinran's words and deeds. The Zenshin Shonin E, which depicts the life of Shinran, was created in 1295 with words by Kakunyo and illustrations by Jōga. Based on this, many Illustrated Biographies of Shinran Shonin were created in the 13th and 14th centuries.
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Japanese:

鎌倉時代の僧。浄土真宗の開山。諡(おくりな)は見真大師。出家後しばしば法名を変え，範宴・綽空・善信と称す。曇鸞の他力回向(えこう)によって発得して以来，親鸞と名のり，愚禿(ぐとく)と称した。幼くして青蓮(しょうれん)院慈円の門に入り，のち比叡山の堂僧として修行し，また奈良に遊学した。六角堂に参籠(さんろう)し聖徳太子の文の示現により法然(ほうねん)に帰依，他力念仏門の宗旨に精進した。のち法然の許しを得て恵信尼と結婚した。1207年法然の承元法難に連座し，越後に流された。勅赦後は信濃・下野(しもつけ)・常陸(ひたち)の各地を遍歴して教化に努め，常陸の稲田で《教行(きょうぎょう)信証》を著し，真宗の基礎を置いた。60歳にして帰洛(きらく)の途につき，近江(おうみ)の木部(きべ)で錦織(にしごり)寺を建てた。京都では転々と住居を移して教化と著述に努めた。その思想は法然の念仏為本に対して信心為本といわれ，徹底した信心中心の思想で，阿弥陀仏への絶対的信仰を往生の要義とした。またそのことの象徴的表現である〈悪人正機〉は親鸞の特異な思想として評価されている。著書《浄土文類聚鈔》《愚禿鈔》《一念多念文意》《三帖和讃》など。なお《歎異(たんに)鈔》は言行録。また親鸞の一生を描いた《善信上人絵》が1295年覚如の詞と浄賀の絵で作られ，これをもとに多数の《親鸞上人絵伝》が13−14世紀に作られた。
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