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	Rennyo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rennyo is responsible for a revitilization period in Jodo Shinshu history where in which the religion was popularized for the masses.
		When Rennyo was to take over Honganji to succeed his father's role as head priest, his step mother Nyeon attempted to have her own son Ogen (1433-1503) installed as the head.
		Rennyo decided to rebuild Honganji in Echizen Province (the Hokuriku area), a remote area that showed alot of promise as it was near a coastal ruote.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rennyo (1402 words)

	Rennyo and the Rennaissance of Contemporary Shin Buddhism (part 1)
		Rennyo is known as the Restorer or Second founder of Shin Buddhism, because he revitalized the Honganji, then an obscure temple under the control of the Tendai sect.
		Rennyo, however, has not been so highly admired among intellectuals and scholars because he appears to be a professional priest, while Shinran declared that he was neither a priest nor a layperson.
		Rennyo's mother was, therefore, excluded because of her low status, and she had to leave Otani, giving up Rennyo at the age of six years.
	www.shindharmanet.com /writings/rennyo1.htm (3866 words)

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		Rennyo's relationship with his stepmother was difficult because she favored her own son, Ogen, as the successor to Zonnyo and tried to put Rennyo into foster care.
		Rennyo declares that in her death and rebirth Kengyoku was a Zenchishiki, a good teacher, showing that men and women alike will by all means attain rebirth, when they reach the one moment of settled faith and recite the nembutsu completely in gratitude for the Buddha's benevolence.
		Rennyo, as other previous teachers, assumes the traditional view of the 35th Vow which was specifically made to relieve the doubts of women concerning their rebirth, but he only once refers to the idea of transformation from female to male, which is a major element of that Vow.
	www.geocities.com /namuamida/rennyo.html (10710 words)

	Rennyo the Restorer
		The Rennyo Shonin itoku-ki, or "A Record of Rennyo Shonin's Achievements" says: "On the 8th day, twelfth month, Oe 27 [1420], his mother summoned him to her and divulged to the six-year-old her fervent wish for his future: that he see to the revival of the lineage [to which he was rightful heir].
		Rennyo's stepmother opted to have her own son Ogen (1433-1503) assume the abbotship, but Rennyo's uncle Shomitsu-in Sen'yu (1412-1460) interceded and, making a decision he felt clearly reflected the wishes of the deceased, appointed Rennyo the next abbot.
		In these letters Rennyo set down okite, or regulations, which prescribed how followers were to behave with regard to other sects and in society; in them he also set down explanations of the true meaning of the Shin doctrine in terms followers could relate to.
	www.shindharmanet.com /writings/restorer.htm (2614 words)

	Lay Convention
		Miyasaki told us that Rennyo; the eighth head priest of Jodo Shinshu had five (5) wives, he outlived four (4) of them and had 27 children, 13 sons and 14 daughters (that I remembered and I was pretty astonished).
		Through Rennyo's energetic propagation all his life, the teaching of Jodo Shinshu spread throughout the country and the foundation for the Hongwanji was laid.
		Rennyo believed and convinced his followers that one should teach simply that unenlightened beings can become Buddhas and people should be urged to rely on Amida to save them.
	www.aloha.net /~horaku/layconvention.html (3519 words)

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		It was not until the time of Rennyo that the Hongwanji became the center of the Shin tradition, independent from the Tendai organization.
		Rennyo, finding his movement becoming entangled in violent struggle and unable to restrain his followers, chose to withdraw.
		The period from 1482 to 1558 is known as the age of "the country at war" and was characterized by incessant warfare and shifting alliances among the feudal lords throughout Japan.
	www.shinbuddhism.ro /en/hongwanji_history.html (1489 words)

	Beneath the Clouds: March 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Rennyo Shonin ends nearly all of his epistles with the exhortation to recite the nembutsu, walking, standing, sitting or lying.
		Rennyo warns us that due to their unawareness of the reality of hell, followers were not aspiring to attain Pure Faith and be born in the Pure Land.
		Here Rennyo drew upon the traditional teaching that the fifty years of human life corresponds to one day and night in the Four-king heaven and one day and night in the Four-king heaven is nothing but a mere day and night in the ‘Hell of Repetition of Painful Life’.
	bigskymind.blogspot.com /2006_03_01_bigskymind_archive.html (1320 words)

	Gobunsho - The Epistles
		When Rennyo Shonin took over as the Abbot of the Honganji, he found it in a state of deterioration and stagnation.
		Rennyo Shonin started writing letters in simple Japanese to the various temples, families and ordinary folk to clarify and propagate the true purport of "Namu Amida Butsu" and Shinran Shonin's Teachings.
		Rennyo Shonin and his letters repopularized the Jodo Shinshu doctrine, and enabled many to come into contact with the Teachings, because of this, Rennyo Shonin is also called "Chuko Daishi" (Master who revived the teachings of Shinran Shonin).
	shinmission_sg.tripod.com /epistles/index.html (365 words)

	Mysticism Christian and Buddhist: Appendices to Part II: IX. Rennyo's Letter
		He was one of the greatest teachers of the Shin school of Buddhism; in fact it was he who laid the firm foundation for the modern religious institution known as the Jōdo-Shin Shu, the True Sect of the Pure Land.
		Rennyo's letters serve to bring out both aspects of our religious consciousness: (1) the sense of wickedness and depravity and (2) the feeling of gratitude for being saved from an utterly helpless situation.
		The translation of such documents as Rennyo's letters is full of difficulties as they are so laden with technical terms which defy in many cases replacement by any other languages.
	www.sacred-texts.com /bud/mcb/mcb11.htm (1524 words)

	shin ugly BLOG » The SHINRAN Manifesto: The Man Who Revived Shinran’s Teachings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		When Rennyo assumed the abbotship at the age of 43, he found the position of the Hongwanji (as a religious sect) in a state of deterioration and stagnation.
		Rennyo is recognized by people of the same SHINJIN (true entrusting) as the man who revived the Shin Buddhist community - turning it from a moribund religious organization to a true Sangha - doing what a true Sangha does: spreading the Dharma that teaches hungry hearts how to become a Buddha.
		In it, Rennyo’s recognition of the personhood of Amida Buddha is unambiguous:
	www.shinugly.com /blog/index.php?p=79 (1536 words)

	Oxford University Press: Rennyo and the Roots of Modern Japanese Buddhism: Mark L. Blum
		Rennyo Shonin (1415-1499) is considered the "second founder" of Shin Buddhism.
		The authors examine such topics as the source of Rennyo's charisma, the soteriological implications of his thought against the background of other movements in Pure Land Buddhism, and the relationship between his ideas and the growth of his church.
		The dividing point between the two was Rennyo, the leader of its head temple, Honganji, in the late fifteen century.
	www.oup.com /us/catalog/general/subject/ReligionTheology/Buddhism/~~/cHI9MTAmcGY9MCZzcz1wdWJkYXRlLmRlc2Mmc2Y9bmV3cmVjZW50JnNkPWFzYyZ2aWV3PXVzYSZjaT0wMTk1MTMyNzUw?view=usa&ci=9780195132755 (680 words)

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		Rennyo was a descendant of Shinran and the eight Monshu (head priest) of Hongwanji in Kyoto; he was called Hoteimaru in his childhood and later named Kenju.
		Displeased with the growing popularity of Rennyo’s movement, warrior – monks of the Enryakuji on Mt. Hiei attacked and destroyed the Hongwanjiin 1456; so the he moved to Kawachi (eastern Osaka Prefecture) and then to Omi Province.
		In order to avoid further conflicts, Rennyo withdrew from Yoshizaki in 1475 and moved the center of his activities to the Osaka-Kyoto area.
	www.shinbuddhism.ro /en/viata_lui_rennyo.html (494 words)

	Midnight Eye Round-Up, Anime special: capsule reviews of 'A.Li.Ce', 'Appleseed', 'Kenya Boy' and 'Rennyo and His Mother'
		Rennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in particular the Honganji lineage, during a slump in its fortunes during the Middle Ages.
		According to legend, his motivation was a pivotal childhood incident at the age of just six when his mother summoned him and informed him of his destiny to revive the fortunes of the Honganji school to which he was the next in line.
		Taken as moments, this rarely-seen work (no video release exists) is still impressive, though there's nothing quite to match the fearsome serpent attack of the former nor the fiery finale of the latter, and, perhaps inevitably, it suffers from the need to sustain momentum over a 90-minute length.
	www.midnighteye.com /reviews/round-up_007.shtml (1437 words)

	info of - Macmillan.Library.Reference.Encyclopedia.Of.Buddhism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Rennyo (1415–1499) was the eighth head of the Honganji temple of the Jodo Shinshu tradition of PURE LAND BUDDHISM in Japan.
		Rennyo is largely credited with the Shinshu’s expansion and success in the fifteenth century and with building Honganji from a minor temple in Kyoto into a formidable institution.
		Rennyo also taught that the nenbutsu, the Pure Land practice of reciting Amida’s name, was a palpable expression of coalescence with the Buddha and indebtedness to him.
	macmillanlreobp65.xnat.info (6970 words)

	Writings - On Doshu
		Doshu's relation to Rennyo Shonin is a very good example of the relationship between master and disciple in Shin Buddhism.
		Rennyo Shonin was to him an embodiment of Amida Buddha.
		Rennyo Shonin said, "After attaining faith you should feel each thing as new and fresh, even though you might have heard the same thing many times before.
	www.threewheels.org.uk /writings_section_files/writings_talks_files/talks_09.htm (2644 words)

	Glossary of Frequent Japanese Words and Names on www.hdever.com
		In 1431, at the age of seventeen, Rennyo was ordained at Shorenin in Awataguchi, Kyoto, treading in the steps of the ordination of Shinran at Shorenin.
		Rennyo has been received by the populace with their absolute trust and sympathy.
		Although Rennyo whose bilateral character of his deeds and works has been controversial among many scholars and researchers, yet Rennyo who was consigned to "Oral Tradition" is still "Rennyo-san" of the populace.
	www.hdever.com /ajapanesewords.html (6523 words)

	Dharma Message Archive
		Rennyo took these meetings very seriously for it was an opportunity for people from outlining villages to meet with a priest or someone who was knowledgeable of the Teachings, to share and clarify each other's faith.
		For Rennyo these meetings were an opportunity for lay people to hear Shinran’s teaching in order to attain the entrusting heart for their birth in the land of bliss.
		Rennyo recognized that ordinary people could benefit from the ko discussion group, even if it were only a few.
	www.nishihongwanji-la.org /church/messages/2004/May-Jun.html (3400 words)

	The Bifurcation of Shinran's Teaching (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		There is, of course, a great difference between the social and historical settings of Shinran and Zonkaku, but it is true that the Hongwanji denomination and the other schools of Shin Buddhism continued to keep the policy which Zonkaku prepared in compromising with the secular authorities in order for their organizations to survive.
		With this teaching, Rennyo seems to have divided the life of nembutsu followers: life in the secular society outside the Shin community, and life in a religious circle within the community.
		In Rennyo's day, in the Edo period, and in the period after the Meiji Restoration to the end of World War II, social ethics in Shin Buddhism were more focused on the harmony of the community with the outside society than on a follower's individual participation in social issues.
	republika.pl /jodoshinshu/jodoe/dharma/socialetchics.htm (4983 words)

	District Conference-On Death and Dying
		Tashiro began by saying, "I would like to speak on Rennyo Shonin and his influence on our lives." Rennyo, he explained, lived from 1415 to 1497 and was the 8th Abbott of the Honganji.
		But Rennyo received strength from his mother, who gave him this "goal": "Restore the Shinshu tradition," she had said.
		Rennyo's success at "Sangha (and Temple) Building" was thus directly due to his ability to communicate the Dharma one-to-one, and to get members and potential members enthusiastic about learning the teachings.
	www.livingdharma.org /Living.Dharma.Articles/DistrictConference-Tashiro.html (2276 words)

	Rennyo's View of the Salvation of Women
		It is clear that in comparison to Zonkaku, despite his text devoted to this issue, and the brief mentions by Shinran, it was of greater interest and concern for Rennyo.
		This conformity was reinforced in Shin Buddhism by Rennyo's exhortation to his followers to obey the principles of society in the royal dharma (ôbô), secular law, based in Confucianism, while nurturing the Buddha-dharma in their hearts in prospect of rebirth in the
		, Rennyo took a broad view of the 18th and 35th Vows, employing the term nyonin shôki, which indicates the centrality of the salvation of women, as a short-cut expression.
	www.shindharmanet.com /writings/women.htm (10541 words)

	Nanzan Studies in Asian Religion and Culture: Rennyo
		It includes an annotated translation of Rennyo's major letters, the source of much of his influence.
		This richly detailed study of Rennyo's life and work will serve as a valuable reference as well as inform both the specialist and the general reader about this important figure in Japanese Buddhism.
		“Rennyo is informed by a sensitive historiography attentive not only to social institutions but also to the religious dimensions of awareness at work in the processes of history;...
	www.nanzan-u.ac.jp /SHUBUNKEN/publications/nsar/Rennyo.htm (201 words)

	Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin - The Four Seas Throughout - Brothers And Sisters - February 2006
		Rennyo (1415-1499) became the 8th spiritual head of the Hongwanji at the age of forty-three following the death of his father, Zonnyo (1396-1457).
		Upon his father’s death, the first thing Rennyo did was to undertake his own self-reformation in which he was determined to be in accord with the teachings of Shinran (1173-1262).
		Rennyo as did Shinran on the other hand, followed the words of T’an-luan (Doran) 476-542): “Since they all practice the same Nembutsu and follow no other paths, all persons throughout the four distant seas are brothers and sisters.” Shinran referred to such persons of the Nembutsu as companions or “fellow followers or practicers (ondobo-ondogyo).
	www.hilobetsuin.org /content/view/75/3 (600 words)

	Higan
		Rennyo Shonin too lived to be 85 years old.
		I know we are getting older and smaller but now this 500th anniversary of Rennyo Shonin is the opportunity for us to grow once again, to move forward.
		Rennyo Shonin there his own example was able to inspire so many people.
	www.aloha.net /~horaku/ahigan.html (1221 words)

	Salt Lake Buddhist Temple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		For those who don't know, Rennyo (1415-1499) is known as the "Restorer of the Honganji Tradition." It was through his brilliant leadership that Honganji was able to establish itself as an important Japanese religious institution, well suited for it's time.
		It was Rennyo's intent for these letters to be read and talked about at the gathering of Nembutsu followers.
		The purpose of this article is not to comment on Rennyo's teaching, but rather for us to look at his propagational methods.
	www.slbuddhist.org /thoughts/2001/03.01.htm (1004 words)

	shin ugly BLOG » Rennyo Speaks: What it means to be loyal and faithful to the True Teaching (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Rennyo Speaks: What it means to be loyal and faithful to the True Teaching
		But let’s listen deeply together to Master Rennyo, as he explains what it means to be LOYAL and FAITHFUL in the SHIN Sangha to the Dharma of Amida Buddha - The True Teaching of The Pure Land Way.
		This brief letter - like so many of Rennyo’s brief letters - includes EVERYTHING you need to know to become a person of the same SHINJIN as Shinran and Rennyo - the blessed state of mind where your birth is assured, and you KNOW it.
	www.shinugly.com /blog/index.php?p=187 (2294 words)

	Rennyo And The Roots Of Modern Japanese Buddhism by Blum, Mark L And Shinya Yasutomi
		Rennyo And The Roots Of Modern Japanese Buddhism by Blum, Mark L And Shinya Yasutomi
		A new, comprehensive study of Rennyo Shonin, who is considered the "second founder" of Shin Pure Land Buddhism.
		This study offers an assessment of Rennyo's contribution to Buddhist thought and the phenonmenal growth of Honganji religious organization under his leadership.
	www.wisdom-books.com /ProductDetail.asp?PID=14909 (112 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Buddhist priest Rennyo is known as the restorer of Johdo Shinshu Sect of Buddhism.
		With a bronze statue of Buddhist Priest Rennyo attributed to Koun Takamura located at its center, the temple has been well preserved and is furnished with a promenade to appreciate its historic relics.
		" Rennyo Ki " is a memorial service for the Buddhist priest performed in the presence of his self-portrait which is brought for the occasion from Higashi Honganji Temple (Head temple of Johdo Shinshu Sect of Buddhism) located in Kyoto.
	www.city.fukui.fukui.jp /gakkou/elm/takasu/fukui/card17.htm (118 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum > Rennyo and Ikkyu
		Rennyo's answer was that just as a covered bowl of water can't reflect the moon, a covered heart cannot hear the nembutsu.
		It seems to Rennyo, in order to fully accept and grow the tariki shinjin from Amida, one will need good dharma friends and the ripening of one's good karma roots from the past..
		Also, it is said that Ikkyu asked his disciples to request Rennyo to be in charge of his 49 days memorial services after his death, and he is said to have turned to the Nembutsu teachings before he died.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/lofiversion/index.php/t23259.html (3823 words)

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