Hōnen
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- Religious biography.name
- Hōnen (法然)
- Religious biography.image
- Takanobu-no-miei.jpg
- Religious biography.caption
- Portrait of Honen by Fujiwara Takanobu, 12th Century
- Religious biography.birth_name
- Seishimaru
- Religious biography.alias
- Genkū (源空)
- Religious biography.birth_date
- May 13 (April 7), 1133
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Kume, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- Religious biography.death_place
- Kyoto, Japan
- Religious biography.religion
- Buddhism
- Religious biography.school
- Jōdo-shū school of Pure Land Buddhism
- Religious biography.lineage
- Tendai, Sammon lineage
- Religious biography.title
- Founder of Jōdo-shū
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24 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Early life
- Departure from Mount Hiei
- A rising figure in the capital
- Exile and the final years
- Character
- Works
- ''Senchakushū''
- Other
- Teaching
- Relying on the Buddha's power
- Nembutsu
- The "selection" of the nembutsu
- Equality
- Sincere faith
- Constant repetition of nembutsu
- Other practices
- Amida and the Pure Land
- Influence
- Disciples
- Criticisms
- Notes
- References
- External links
, also known as Genkū, was the founding figure of the , the first independent branch of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism.
Hōnen became a Tendai initiate at an early age, but grew disaffected and sought an approach to Buddhism that all people of all classes and genders could follow, even during the current Age of Dharma Decline. After reading Shandao's Commentary on the Amitāyus Contemplation Sūtra, Hōnen devoted himself to attaining birth in the pure land of Amitābha Buddha (Amida) through the practice of "recitation of the Buddha's name" (Jp: nembutsu) and to spreading this teaching among all people.