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- Hōnen (法然, May 13 (April 7), 1133 – February 29, 1212) was the religious reformer and progenitor of the first independent branch of ****anese Pure Land...
- Land Buddhism derived from the teachings of the ****anese ex-Tendai monk Hōnen. It was established in 1175 and is the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism...
- Hōnen-in (法然院) is a Buddhist temple located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, western ****an. Honen-in is a single-estate temple located in Shika****a, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto...
- on March 15 in ****an. Hōnen means prosperous year in ****anese, implying a rich harvest, while a matsuri is a festival. The Hōnen festival and ceremony...
- 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 ****anese...
- was pardoned, but by 1212, Hōnen had died in Kyoto. Shinran never saw Hōnen following their exile. In the year of Hōnen's death, Shinran set out for the...
- of the Old Norse name slightly predating Adam of Bremen's Winland. The Hønen Runestone was discovered in Norderhov, Norway, shortly before 1817, but...
- Songtsen Gampo Xuanzang Shandao Padmasambhāva Saraha Atiśa Naropa Karmapa Hōnen Shinran Dōgen Nichiren Shamarpa Dalai Lama Panchen Lama Ajahn Mun B. R....
- (classified by scholars as "New Buddhism" or Shin Bukkyo) were founded: Hōnen (1133–1212) founded the ****anese Pure Land school or Jōdo-shū. Eisai (1141–1215)...
- 1184. Later in life he became a Jōdo-shū Buddhist priest, as a disciple of Hōnen. Atsumori's death and the cir****stances surrounding it went on to be fictionalized...