Hōnen
1133 CE–1212 CE · Mimasaka
1133–1212 CE
Hōnen (1133–1212 CE) founded the Jōdo-shū ('Pure Land school') of Japanese Buddhism. Born in Mimasaka province (modern Okayama) and trained on Mount Hiei, he came to teach that in the present degenerate age liberation is reached not by arduous self-effort but by single-hearted recitation of the name of the Buddha Amitābha (the nembutsu), trusting in Amitābha's vow to bring the faithful to rebirth in the Pure Land. His exclusive emphasis on the nembutsu drew opposition and a period of exile. He is well documented.
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Mimasaka
What they did here
Birthplace of Hōnen.
About Mimasaka
Mimasaka was an old province in the inland part of what is now Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It was the birthplace, in 1133, of Hōnen, the monk who founded the Jōdo-shū (Pure Land) school of Japanese Buddhism, centred on the recitation of the name of Amida Buddha.
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- Minamoto no Yoritomo· 1147 CE–1199 CE
- Ghiyath ad-Din Muhammad· 1140 CE–1203 CE
- Jayavarman VII· 1122 CE–1218 CE
- Muhammad of Ghor· 1144 CE–1206 CE
- Qutb ud-Din Aibak· –1210 CE
- Kaykhusraw I· –1211 CE
- Prithviraj Chauhan· 1166 CE–1192 CE
- Saladin· 1137 CE–1193 CE
- Isaac II Angelos· 1156 CE–1204 CE
- Al-Adil I· 1145 CE–1218 CE
- al-Adid· 1151 CE–1171 CE
- Frederick I Barbarossa· 1122 CE–1190 CE
- Genghis Khan· 1162 CE–1227 CE
- Manuel I Komnenos· 1118 CE–1180 CE
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