My Operajust some thoughts about Honen
Saturday, February 27, 2010 9:28:51 AM
I've been thinking about Honen and his nembutsus. He used to recite as many as 60,000 per day apparently and his nembutsus were no more special than his followers nembutsus whether they were beginners or very well established practitioners. His main disciples that we know a little bit about seem to have grasped his teachings in slightly different ways even though they notably Shinran used to say that his teaching is the same as his teacher's teaching which echoes what Honen used to say about his teacher Shan-Tao.
