Concept

Shinran

Overview

Japanese Buddhist monk and founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect (1173–1263)

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Shinran

• Kitarō Nishida
• Takaaki Yoshimoto

Related ideas

• Prajñā (Buddhism)
• Faith
• Princeton University Press
• Ziran
• Two truths doctrine
• Hinayana
• Pure Land
• Nirvana (Buddhism)
• Prajnaparamita
• Samadhi
• Heian period
• Japanese language
• John Calvin
• Jesuits
• Soteriology
• Saṃsāra
• Buddhahood
• Kleshas (Buddhism)
• Conceptual proliferation
• Mantra
• Pure Land Buddhism
• Kamakura period
• Western world
• Astrology

Opposing perspectives

• Prajñā (Buddhism)
• Kleshas (Buddhism)
• Anattā
• Enlightenment in Buddhism
• Karma in Buddhism

Place in the tradition

Part of Japanese philosophy.

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