Shinran
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Shinran was a Japanese Buddhist monk, who was born in Hino at the turbulent close of the 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 Japanese Buddhism.
Statue of Shinran Shonin in Kyoto.
Statue of Shinran Shonin, Riverside Drive, New York. A survivor of the bombing at Hiroshima, the statue was brought to New York in 1955
Image: Godenshō 6
Nianfo
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The Nianfo, alternatively in Japanese as 念仏 , Korean: 염불; RR: yeombul, or in Vietnamese: niệm Phật, is a Buddhist practice central to the tradition of Pure Land Buddhism, though not exclusive to it. In the context of Pure Land practice, it typically refers to the repetition of the name of Amitābha in a ritualized form, though in some contexts it can refer instead to a more meditative practice. It is a translation of Sanskrit buddhānusmṛti.
The six Chinese characters of the Nembutsu, resting on a lotus, flanked by Sakyamuni and Amitabha
Mushono-Dainembutsu amulet paper
A reprint of nembutsu (nianfo) calligraphy composed by Honen, founder of Pure Land Buddhism in Japan. Printed in a Jodo Shu liturgy book.