https://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Honen&feed=atom&action=historyHonen - Revision history2024-03-29T10:30:03ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.2https://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Honen&diff=39441&oldid=prevLordAmeth at 17:23, 13 January 20192019-01-13T17:23:43Z<p></p>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*''Other Names'': 源空 ''(Genkû)''</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The concept of the Pure Land, that is, the Western Paradise of [[Amida Buddha]], was prevalent in Japan prior to Hônen's time, along with an accompanying emphasis on the ''[[nenbutsu]]'' - the chanting of the name of Amida as a means of gaining salvation. As early as the 10th century, monks such as [[Kuya|Kûya]] advocated the importance of the ''nenbutsu''. However, Hônen believed, and asserted, that in this age of ''[[mappo|mappô]]'' (the Ending Times of the Law), enlightenment was no longer attainable through the normal means, and all that remained was the possibility of salvation. In other words, either because there was insufficient time before the End, or because the spiritual energies had declined so much since the golden age of Buddhism, enlightenment was no longer attainable, and therefore meditation, celibacy, and the like were pointless pursuits.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The concept of the Pure Land, that is, the Western Paradise of [[Amida Buddha]], was prevalent in Japan prior to Hônen's time, along with an accompanying emphasis on the ''[[nenbutsu]]'' - the chanting of the name of Amida as a means of gaining salvation. As early as the 10th century, monks such as [[Kuya|Kûya]] advocated the importance of the ''nenbutsu''. However, Hônen believed, and asserted, that in this age of ''[[mappo|mappô]]'' (the Ending Times of the Law), enlightenment was no longer attainable through the normal means, and all that remained was the possibility of salvation. In other words, either because there was insufficient time before the End, or because the spiritual energies had declined so much since the golden age of Buddhism, enlightenment was no longer attainable, and therefore meditation, celibacy, and the like were pointless pursuits.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Trained on [[Mt. Hiei]] in the orthodox [[Tendai]] fashion, Hônen kept his heterodox beliefs secret for a time; after twenty years of developing his ideas in secret, he committed them to paper in [[1198]], composing the ''Senchaku hongan nenbutsu shû'' ("Choosing the Recitation of the Buddha's Name According to the Original Vow"). He circulated it only among his disciples, though others found out and petitioned the Imperial Court to ban his teachings. After copies written for ''[[dajo daijin|dajô daijin]]'' [[Fujiwara no Kanezane]] were published, the monks of Mt. Hiei collected all the copies they could get their hands on, along with the woodblocks from which they were printed, and destroyed them all.<ref>[[Tsunoda Ryusaku|Tsunoda Ryûsaku]], ''Sources of Japanese Tradition'', 1st Edition, vol. 1, Columbia University Press (1968), 198.</ref> Hônen's writings would only become more widely available beginning in 1212, the year of his death.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Trained on [[Mt. Hiei]] in the orthodox [[Tendai]] fashion, Hônen <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is believed to have first chanted the ''nenbutsu'' in [[1175]],<ref>Plaques at Kyoto Asny model of Heian-kyô, Kyoto City Central Library.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/46610064151/sizes/h/]</ref> but </ins>kept his heterodox beliefs secret for a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">considerable </ins>time; after twenty years of developing his ideas in secret, he committed them to paper in [[1198]], composing the ''Senchaku hongan nenbutsu shû'' ("Choosing the Recitation of the Buddha's Name According to the Original Vow"). He circulated it only among his disciples, though others found out and petitioned the Imperial Court to ban his teachings. After copies written for ''[[dajo daijin|dajô daijin]]'' [[Fujiwara no Kanezane]] were published, the monks of Mt. Hiei collected all the copies they could get their hands on, along with the woodblocks from which they were printed, and destroyed them all.<ref>[[Tsunoda Ryusaku|Tsunoda Ryûsaku]], ''Sources of Japanese Tradition'', 1st Edition, vol. 1, Columbia University Press (1968), 198.</ref> Hônen's writings would only become more widely available beginning in 1212, the year of his death.</div></td></tr>
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Hônen is considered the founder of [[Pure Land Buddhism]] (''Jôdo-shû'') in Japan.<br />
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The concept of the Pure Land, that is, the Western Paradise of [[Amida Buddha]], was prevalent in Japan prior to Hônen's time, along with an accompanying emphasis on the ''[[nenbutsu]]'' - the chanting of the name of Amida as a means of gaining salvation. As early as the 10th century, monks such as [[Kuya|Kûya]] advocated the importance of the ''nenbutsu''. However, Hônen believed, and asserted, that in this age of ''[[mappo|mappô]]'' (the Ending Times of the Law), enlightenment was no longer attainable through the normal means, and all that remained was the possibility of salvation. In other words, either because there was insufficient time before the End, or because the spiritual energies had declined so much since the golden age of Buddhism, enlightenment was no longer attainable, and therefore meditation, celibacy, and the like were pointless pursuits.<br />
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Trained on [[Mt. Hiei]] in the orthodox [[Tendai]] fashion, Hônen kept his heterodox beliefs secret for a time; after twenty years of developing his ideas in secret, he committed them to paper in [[1198]], composing the ''Senchaku hongan nenbutsu shû'' ("Choosing the Recitation of the Buddha's Name According to the Original Vow"). He circulated it only among his disciples, though others found out and petitioned the Imperial Court to ban his teachings. Hônen's writings would only become more widely available beginning in 1212, the year of his death.<br />
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Hônen was exiled to [[Sanuki province]], and several of his disciples executed, in [[1206]], after his disciples angered [[Emperor Go-Toba]].<br />
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==References==<br />
*“Amida, The Pure Land, and the Response of the Old Buddhism to the New,” in Wm. Theodore De Bary, Donald <br />
Keene, George Tanabe, and Paul Varley eds., ''Sources of Japanese Tradition'', Second Edition, Columbia University Press (2001), 213-214.<br />
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