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Shinran
was a key Japanese Buddhist figure of the Kamakura Period who is regarded as the founder of the Jōdo Shinshū school of Japanese Buddhism. A pupil of Hōnen, the founder of the Japanese Pure Land movement, Shinran articulated a distinctive Pure Land vision that emphasized faith and absolute reliance on Amida Buddha’s other-power.
Machig Labdrön
Tibetan Buddhist teacher
Fujiwara no Tashi
empress consort of Japan
Fujiwara no Kiyohira
Samurai and founder of the Hiraizumi or Northern Fujiwara dynasty
Ngok Loden Sherab
Tibetan Buddhist Lama and scholar