About this episode

This episode explores the journey of Pure Land Buddhism from India to Japan, focusing on the Shin variant developed by Shinran.

Pure Land Buddhism made its way from India to China and then Japan where it has become the country's most popular religion, specifically the Shin variant developed by the "shaved fool" Shinran.

Topics covered

• Buddhism
• Pure Land
• Shinran
• religion
• spirituality
• history

Keywords

• Pure Land Buddhism
• Shinran
• Japan
• China
• India
• religion
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pure Land Buddhism

Places: India, China, Japan

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