Shinran (親鸞) | |
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Title | Founder of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism |
Personal life | |
Born | Matsuwakamaro May 21, 1173 |
Died | January 16, 1263 Heian-kyō, Yamashiro Province | (aged 89)
Spouse | Eshinni |
Children | Kakushinnhi, Zenran, others |
Religious life | |
Religion | Buddhism |
School | Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism |
Senior posting | |
Teacher | Hōnen |
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.