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 (3)

Label Occurrences
Hōnen canonical 13
Honen 1
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
late Heian period ⓘ
linked to: Heian period
founded Jōdo-shū ⓘ
Pure Land school of Buddhism in Japan ⓘ
linked to: Pure Land Buddhism
honorificTitle Hōnen Shōnin ⓘ
linked to: Hōnen
influenced Ippen ⓘ
Japanese Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
opposedPractice complex monastic and esoteric practices for lay salvation ⓘ
ordination Tendai school on Mount Hiei ⓘ
philosophicalFocus salvation in the degenerate age of mappō ⓘ
regionOfActivity Japan ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
religiousName Hōnen ⓘ
schoolOfBuddhism Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ
spokeLanguage Japanese ⓘ
teacherOf Benchō ⓘ
linked to: Shōkū

Shinran ⓘ
Shōkū ⓘ
veneratedDeity Amida Buddha ⓘ
linked to: Amitābha Buddha
writings Senchakushū ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

Hieizan Enryaku-ji → trainedNotableMonk → Hōnen ⓘ
Enryaku-ji → trainedFigure → Hōnen ⓘ
Honen-in → dedicatedTo → Hōnen ⓘ
Jōdo-shū → founder → Hōnen ⓘ
Hōnen → name → Hōnen ⓘ
Hōnen → religiousName → Hōnen ⓘ
Hōnen → honorificTitle → Hōnen Shōnin ⓘ
linked to: Hōnen
Tanluan → influenced → Hōnen ⓘ
Shandao → influenced → Hōnen ⓘ
Shinran → studiedUnder → Hōnen ⓘ
Shinran → teacher → Hōnen ⓘ
Isshin-ji Temple → foundedBy → Honen ⓘ
linked to: Hōnen