Shinran

For Shinran, the founder of TruePureLand or Jodo Shinshu, even the act of entrusting is given us by the power of Amida's Original Vow.

Printing: Boors versus Buddhists 2010

Shinran himself was a monk for more than 20 years but realized even his own piousness was a camouflage for egoistic self-interest.

Boors versus Buddhists 2010

Shinran himself was a monk for more than 20 years but realized even his own piousness was a camouflage for egoistic self-interest.

Printing: Boors versus Buddhists 2010

For Shinran, the founder of TruePureLand or Jodo Shinshu, even the act of entrusting is given us by the power of Amida's Original Vow.

Boors versus Buddhists 2010

So I am now 'Shonin', meaning 'True human being', just like the famous Shinran Shonin and Nichiren Shonin.

Speedlinking 6/5/07 William Harryman 2007

Shinran developed a radical doctrine which emphasized the importance of FAITH rather than the number or recitations of religious formulas.

Concise Dictionary of Religion 1993

On the other side, the side of salvation by faith, Shinran (1173-1262), the founder of the Shin sect, once said: "The good shall be reborn in paradise, and how much more shall it be so with the bad."

Yasunari Kawabata - Nobel Lecture 1968

Shinran also said: "I shall not take a single disciple."

Yasunari Kawabata - Nobel Lecture 1968

“Like thyself, a poor exile and fugitive, seeking an asylum from Shinran, the bonze, once my august father's friend and servant.”

Tokiwa: A Tale of Old Japan 1911

Shinran Shonin (1184-1268), founder of Shin sect, (ill.)

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886