Hōnen

E292236

Hōnen was a Japanese Buddhist priest who founded the Jōdo-shū (Pure Land) school and popularized exclusive nembutsu practice as the primary path to salvation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hōnen canonical 13
Hōnen Shōnin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monk
Japanese Buddhist priest
founder of a Buddhist school
religious reformer
alsoKnownAs Genkū
associatedCity Kyoto
birthCountry Japan
birthName Seishi-maru
birthPlace Mimasaka Province NERFINISHED
birthYear 1133
burialPlace Otani, Kyoto
centralPractice recitation of Namu Amida Butsu
commemoration memorial services held by Jōdo-shū
coreMessage anyone can attain rebirth in the Pure Land through sincere nembutsu
culturalContext Japanese Buddhism
deathPlace Kyoto
deathYear 1212
doctrine reliance on Amida’s vow rather than self-powered practices
era early Kamakura period
Heian period
surface form: late Heian period
founded Jōdo-shū
Pure Land Buddhism
surface form: Pure Land school of Buddhism in Japan
honorificTitle Hōnen self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hōnen Shōnin
influenced Ippen
Pure Land Buddhism
surface form: Japanese Pure Land Buddhism

Shinran
knownFor making Pure Land practice accessible to common people
popularizing exclusive nembutsu practice
teaching salvation through faith in Amida Buddha
languageOfWritings Classical Chinese
left Tendai establishment on Mount Hiei
legacy establishment of Jōdo-shū as a major Japanese Buddhist school
mainTeaching exclusive recitation of the nembutsu
name Hōnen self-link
opposedPractice complex monastic and esoteric practices for lay salvation
ordination Hieizan Enryaku-ji temple complex
surface form: Tendai school on Mount Hiei
philosophicalFocus salvation in the degenerate age of mappō
regionOfActivity Japan
religion Buddhism
religiousName Hōnen self-link
schoolOfBuddhism Pure Land Buddhism
spokeLanguage Japanese
teacherOf Shōkū
surface form: Benchō

Shinran
Shōkū
veneratedDeity Amitābha Buddha
surface form: Amida Buddha
writings Senchakushū

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hieizan Enryaku-ji temple complex trainedNotableMonk Hōnen
subject surface form: Hieizan Enryaku-ji
Enryaku-ji trainedFigure Hōnen
Honen-in dedicatedTo Hōnen
Jōdo-shū founder Hōnen
Hōnen name Hōnen self-link
Hōnen religiousName Hōnen self-link
Hōnen honorificTitle Hōnen self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hōnen Shōnin
Tanluan influenced Hōnen
Shandao influenced Hōnen
Shinran studiedUnder Hōnen
Shinran teacher Hōnen