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| | Obaku - Creedopedia |
 | | Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna, a devout Buddhist, requested that Ingen remain in Japan, and in 1661 (Kanbun 1), the Zen Master established the monastery Manpukuji in Uji, south of Kyoto. |
 | | The Zen master Ingen is a high-ranking priest in the late Ming era in China, and his renown spread as far as to Japan. |
 | | Since Ingen was trained in the Lin-chi (Rinzai) school, the teachings of the Obaku school are identical with those of the Rinzai school except that they incorporate the Nembutsu, i.e., the invoking of the name of Amida Buddha, and other elements of the Pure Land teachings concerning rebirth in the Pure Land. |
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