Shinran

Shinran (親鸞)
TitleFounder of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism
Personal
Born
Matsuwakamaro

May 21, 1173
DiedJanuary 16, 1263(1263-01-16) (aged 89)
Heian-kyō, Yamashiro Province
ReligionBuddhism
SpouseEshinni
ChildrenKakushinnhi, Zenran, others
SchoolJōdo Shinshū Buddhism
Senior posting
TeacherHōnen

Shinran (親鸞, May 21, 1173 – January 16, 1263)[1][2] was a Japanese Buddhist monk, who was born in Hino (now a part of Fushimi, Kyoto) at the turbulent close of the Heian Period and lived during the Kamakura Period. Shinran was a pupil of Hōnen and the founder of what ultimately became the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Japanese Buddhism.

  1. ^ Popular Buddhism in Japan: Shin Buddhist Religion & Culture by Esben Andreasen, pp. 13, 14, 15, 17. University of Hawaiʻi Press 1998, ISBN 0-8248-2028-2
  2. ^ The Life and Works of Shinran Shonin

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