Weekly Wasan - Episode 43 - Kōsō Wasan (Hymns of the Pure Land Masters) Hōnen 103-107

Hi Dharma-friends,

We continue with five more Wasan verses by Shinran Shonin on his own teacher Master Hōnen, also known as Master Genkū.  Hōnen lived 1133-1212 CE in Japan and was Shinran's personal teacher.  Shinran's devotion to Hōnen was profound, even to seeing him as manifestations of Mahāsthāmaprāpta, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, and Amida Buddha himself.  Shinran wishes us to understand the profound import of Hōnen's teaching and to say Nembutsu ourselves with complete confidence.

Next time we will cover five more of Shinran's Wasan verses on Master Hōnen.  Until then, please be well.