Oxford Scholarship Online: The Origins and Development of Pure Land Buddhism

The Origins and Development of Pure Land Buddhism A Study and Translation of Gyonen's Jodo Homon Genrusho Blum, Mark L. Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies, State University of New York at Albany Print publication date: 2002 (this edition) Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-512524-5
6 Rykan and the Many Nenbutsu doi:10.1093/019512524X.003.0011 Abstract: This is a translation of part of the section of Gynen's Jdo Hmon Genrush on the ecclesiastical history of the Pure Land school of Buddhism in Japan, which has been divided into five chapters (Chs. 4–8 of the translation). This chapter, and the one before and two after, all focus on the thought and achievements of the major Pure Land thinkers of the Kakamura period through Gynen's eyes, nearly all of whom traced their lineage back to Hnen. The thinker addressed in this chapter is Rykan. Extensive footnotes are included. Keywords: Buddhism, Buddhist history, Genrush, Gynen, Hnen, Japan, Pure Land school of Buddhism, Rykan, translations,