resumo aula 2 terra pura docx
Lecture-summary of a class on Pure Land Buddhism (Módulo: Budismo Terra Pura) focused on the life and significance of Shinran Shonin. Covers Shinran's origins (born 1173 in Hino, noble Fujiwara family), monastic training on Mount Hiei (entered at age 9 as Hannen), spiritual struggle and descent at age 29, discipleship under Honen at Kurodani, exile after the Nenbutsu controversy, marriage and family life during exile, authorship of Kyo-Gyo-Shin-Sho, and his death at age 90. Notes the later veneration (mausoleum at Higashi Honganji; honorific Kenshin Daishi in the 19th century) and the continued popular practice of Nenbutsu among commoners.
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Província de Hino, Japão
At age 9, at the Tendai temple Shoren-in on Mount Hiei (received Dharma name Hannen).
Age 29.
He meditated for 100 days; on the 95th day he had a dream of Honen.