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*''Japanese'': 一遍 ''(Ippen)''

*''Japanese'': 一遍 ''(Ippen)''

Ippen was the founder in [[1274]] of the [[Jishu|Jishû]] sect of [[Amida]] [[Buddhism]], which advocated that since Amida is present everywhere, there is no need to construct new, separate, places of worship, but rather that one should sing and dance in praise of Amida everywhere, including in the [[Buddhist temples]] of other sects, and at [[Shinto shrines]].

Ippen was the founder in [[1274]] of the [[Jishu|Jishû]] (時宗) sect of [[Amida]] [[Buddhism]], which advocated that since Amida is present everywhere, there is no need to construct new, separate, places of worship, but rather that one should sing and dance in praise of Amida everywhere, including in the [[Buddhist temples]] of other sects, and at [[Shinto shrines]].

 

Ippen's use of the term ''ji'' (''toki'', "time") referred to the applicability or prescience of Amida worship for that time, the period known as ''[[mappo|mappô]]'', or the decline of the law. As the Buddhist Law, the Dharma, declined, the ability of the cosmos to bring people into salvation or enlightenment was believed to be severely weakened, leaving Amida the best, or only, avenue to salvation. Following Ippen's death, his followers used the term ''ji'' differently, to refer to the perpetual (all hours, all times) recitation of the ''[[nenbutsu]]''.

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==References==

==References==

*[[Tsunoda Ryusaku|Tsunoda Ryûsaku]], ''Sources of Japanese Tradition'', 1st Edition, vol. 1, Columbia University Press (1968), 188.

*[[Tsunoda Ryusaku|Tsunoda Ryûsaku]], ''Sources of Japanese Tradition'', 1st Edition, vol. 1, Columbia University Press (1968), 188, 190.

[[Category:Religious Figures]]

[[Category:Religious Figures]]

[[Category:Kamakura Period]]

[[Category:Kamakura Period]]