Shinran
Letter Disowning Zenran
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Letter Disowning Zenran
善鸞義絶状

Shinran severs the ties of father and son with Zenran, who had claimed to have received a secret teaching from him and had discredited the Kantō disciples. It is the most dramatic document of his life.
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Authorship note
Shinran's letter dated the 29th day of the 5th month of 1256; it survives in a copy by his disciple Kenchi (Senju-ji).
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Shinran
善鸞義絶状
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- Jōdo sangyō ōjō monrui (Passages on the Types of Birth in the Three Pure Land Sutras) · 1255
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- Ichinen tanen mon'i (Notes on Once-calling and Many-calling) · 1257
- Yuishinshō mon'i (Notes on Essentials of Faith Alone) · 1250
- Nyorai nishu ekō mon (Passages on the Two Aspects of the Tathāgata's Directing of Virtue) · 1256
- Mida nyorai myōgō toku (The Virtue of the Name of Amida Tathāgata) · 1260
- Sanjō wasan (The Three Collections of Hymns) · 1258
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- Kōsō wasan (Hymns of the Pure Land Masters) · 1248
- Shōzōmatsu wasan (Hymns of the Dharma-Ages) · 1258
- Kōtaishi Shōtoku hōsan (Hymns in Praise of Prince Shōtoku) · 1255
- Dai Nihonkoku zokusan-ō Shōtoku taishi hōsan (Hymns to Prince Shōtoku, Ruler of Great Japan) · 1257
- Jinen hōni shō (On Jinen Hōni) · 1258
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- Goshōsoku shū (A Collection of Letters) · 1260
- Saihō shinanshō (Guide to the Western Land) · 1257
- Annotations on the Contemplation Sutra and the Amida Sutra · 1217
- Tannishō (A Record in Lament of Divergences) · 1288
Sources
- «善鸞義絶状» (carta de repudio de Zenran, 1256), texto según la copia de Kenchi conservada en el Senju-ji, en Wikisource japonés.
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