RELIGST 2TT3 Lecture Notes - Shinano Province, Soga Clan, Bhavacakra
3 Feb 2014
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Shinran had very famous dreams about prince shotoku: dreams are extremely important in the buddhist culture; powerful tools for storytelling and foreseeing the future. In the heian period (1052), the end of the dharma would represent the end of an era. Pure land buddhism enters in when mappo occurs. Buddha, and people in hell need offerings to balance their wrongdoings. If women chant amida"s name, they will be reborn in the pure land but they will be transformed into men in the pure land. (women viewed this as positive instead of pro- Shinran is the founder for true pure land buddhism (shinshu), the most common form of. He thought that amida"s power alone that will save a person (other power). Buddhist schools were based on self-power; he believes that only amida can save them: only believed that you only need to chant amida once, and amida does it for you.
