]> 2026-10-15T19:20:30-04:00 People/Genshin 0 en Japanese Tendaishū monk, scholar, and artist, popularly known as Eshin Sōzu (Head Monk of Eshin) because he spent much of his life at the monastery of Eshin at Yokawa on Hieizan. Genshin was born in Yamoto province (present-day Nara prefecture), but after losing his father at a young age, he was put in the care of the Tendai center on Mt. Hiei. It is believed that during his teens he formally joined the institution and became a student of the Tendai reformer Ryōgen (912–985). Genshin first gained a name for himself in 974 due to his sterling performance in an important debate at Mt. Hiei. Eventually, Genshin retired to the secluded monastery of Shuryōgon'in in Yokawa, where he devoted the rest of his life primarily to scholarship. Genshin wrote on a wide array of Buddhist topics related to both Tendai and Pure Land practices and is also regarded as the founder of the Eshin school of Tendai, which espoused the notion that everyone in inherently awakened (J. ''hongaku''). (Source: "Genshin." In ''The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism'', 318. Princeton University Press, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt46n41q.27.) Yamoto province (present-day Nara prefecture), Japan false false false Person false false false false People File:Genshin-gazo Wikipedia.jpg https://commons.tsadra.org/images/b/b6/Genshin-gazo_Wikipedia.jpg true true true File:Genshin-gazo Wikipedia.jpg File:Genshin-gazo Wikipedia.jpg Genshin;源信;Eshin Sōzu (Head Monk of Eshin);Genshin false Genshin 源信 Eshin Sōzu (Head Monk of Eshin) Genshin-gazo Wikipedia.jpg Genshin 源信 Eshin Sōzu (Head Monk of Eshin) Classical Japanese Authors and Ordained (Monks and Nuns) Tendai Genshin Ryōgen Classical Japanese Tendaishū monk, scholar, and artist, popularly known as Eshin Sōzu (Head Monk of Eshin) because he spent much of his life at the monastery of Eshin at Yokawa on Hieizan. Genshin was born in Yamoto province (present-day Nara prefecture), but after losing his father at a young age, he was put in the care of the Tendai center on Mt. Hiei. It is believed that during his teens he formally joined the institution and became a student of the Tendai reformer Ryōgen (912–985). Genshin first gained a name for himself in 974 due to his sterling performance in an important debate at Mt. Hiei. Eventually, Genshin retired to the secluded monastery of Shuryōgon'in in Yokawa, where he devoted the rest of his life primarily to scholarship. Genshin wrote on a wide array of Buddhist topics related to both Tendai and Pure Land practices and is also regarded as the founder of the Eshin school of Tendai, which espoused the notion that everyone in inherently awakened (J. ''hongaku''). (Source: "Genshin." In ''The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism'', 318. Princeton University Press, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt46n41q.27.) Genshin;源信;;Genshin;;; ; ; 942 1017 2019-10-17T17:21:20Z 2458774.2231482 2019-10-17T17:21:20Z 2458774.2231482 true People/Genshin 0 0 template commons 1 [[:Genshin]] People/Genshin# QUERY7341c209429319466588e45750bef89d 0 200 1 template 13 <q>[[BuNayAuthor::Genshin]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]] OR [[People::Genshin||People/Genshin]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]] OR [[Performer::People/Genshin]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]]</q> People/Genshin# QUERY292158513769ca3125de5fb1f82a64a5 0 200 1 template 3 [[Category:Library Items]] [[BuNayTopicTags::People/Genshin]] People/Genshin# QUERYe38ac69cfd705e09854dc12ac74ac1eb Media/Jacqueline Stone at the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium 0 en Jacqueline Stone at the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium Media/Seiji Kumagai at the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium 0 en Seiji Kumagai at the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium Media/Jacqueline Stone at the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium 0 en Jacqueline Stone at the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium Media/Seiji Kumagai at the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium 0 en Seiji Kumagai at the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium Genshin 0 en Genshin BuNayTopicTags 102 en BuNayTopicTags PeopleMentioned 102 en PeopleMentioned REDI 102 en REDI