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Japanese: 慧遠 - えおん

A Buddhist monk from the Eastern Jin Dynasty in China. He is known as the founder of the Pure Land sect and is called "Huiyuan of Lushan." His common surname was Jia. He entered Buddhism with Daoan, worshipped the statue of Muryoju Buddha, practiced contemplative nembutsu, and founded a nembutsu society called the White Lotus Society. He came into conflict with the powerful Eastern Jin Huan Xuan by preaching about the independence of religious faith. He wrote the book "The Great Rule of Mahayana."
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Eon

A Buddhist monk from the Northern Zhou and Sui dynasties of China. Born in Dunhuang. Commonly surnamed Li. In his later years he lived in the Jingying Temple in Chang'an, so he was known as "Huiyuan of Jingying Temple." He belonged to the Southern Dao school of the Jiron sect and was a leading authority on hermeneutics. He was the only person to oppose Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou dynasty's abolition of Buddhism in 578, and defended Buddhism. His book, Mahāyāna Yizhang, is a compilation of Buddhist studies from the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

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Japanese:

中国，東晋(とうしん)の仏僧。浄土宗の祖師と称され，〈蘆山(ろさん)の慧遠〉といわれる。俗姓賈(か)氏。道安(どうあん)について仏道に入り，無量寿仏像を礼拝し，観想念仏を修し，白蓮(びゃくれん)社という念仏結社をつくる。東晋の権力者桓玄(かんげん)に宗教信仰の自主性を説いて対立。著書《大乗大義章》。
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