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... sect emerged in Japan in the second half of the 12th century through the efforts of Hōnen , a priest who could find no inner certainty nor deliverance from evil in the study of Tendai nor in complex rituals nor in meditations . He ...
... sect emerged in Japan in the second half of the 12th century through the efforts of Hōnen , a priest who could find no inner certainty nor deliverance from evil in the study of Tendai nor in complex rituals nor in meditations . He ...
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... sect . On the contrary , out of pure faith good deeds emerge spontaneously . Only through meditating on the thought that men are sinful can they come to feel compassionate toward others ; and the attitude of compassion can be founded ...
... sect . On the contrary , out of pure faith good deeds emerge spontaneously . Only through meditating on the thought that men are sinful can they come to feel compassionate toward others ; and the attitude of compassion can be founded ...
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... sect that believes in " consciousness only " ) , Kegon ( Chinese Hua- yen , a sect based on the Avatamsaka - sūtra , which holds that all things in the universe are interrelated and that every living being is a potential Buddha ) , and ...
... sect that believes in " consciousness only " ) , Kegon ( Chinese Hua- yen , a sect based on the Avatamsaka - sūtra , which holds that all things in the universe are interrelated and that every living being is a potential Buddha ) , and ...
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