Shinran - Timeline

Timeline

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Buddhism in Japan
Schools
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Founders
  • Saichō
  • Kūkai
  • Hōnen
  • Shinran
  • Dōgen
  • Eisai
  • Ingen
  • Nichiren
Sacred texts
  • Avataṃsaka Sūtra
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  • Heart Sūtra
  • Infinite Life Sūtra
  • Mahāvairocana Sūtra
  • Vajraśekhara Sūtra
  • Glossary of Japanese Buddhism
  • 1173 Shinran is born
  • 1175 Hōnen founds the Jōdo-shū sect
  • 1181 Shinran becomes a monk
  • 1201 Shinran becomes a disciple of Hōnen and leaves Mt. Hiei
  • 1207 The nembutsu ban and Shinran's exile
  • 1211 Shinran is pardoned
  • 1212 Hōnen passes away in Kyoto & Shinran goes to Kantō
  • 1224 (?) Shinran authors Kyogyoshinsho
  • 1234 (?) Shinran goes back to Kyoto
  • 1256 Shinran disowns his son Zenran
  • 1263 Shinran dies in Kyoto

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