Honen-in Temple

 Honen-in Temple

                                       Photo: Gate of Honen-yin at Kyoto in Early Spring

Honen realized that Nenbutsu, the recitation of Buddha Amitabha’s name, was the only way to Jodo, the Pure Land of Buddhism. He was exiled by the establishment but finally returned to Kyoto a few months before his death 1212.

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