This
is the official biography of Shinran Shonin as accepted by Nishi Hongwanji
branch of Jodo Shinshu, and also by our temple, Amidaji. The reason I say so is
that this biography is recited aloud on every Hoonko week (Shinran’s Memorial)
at Nishi Hongwanji mother temple between January 9th to January 16th.
The
title of the biography is “An Illustrated Biography of Shinran, Honganji's
Shonin (Honganji Shonin Shinran Denne)” and was compiled by Kakunyo, the 3rd
Monshu of Hongwanji temple.
The narrator of this biography is Gansen John Welch, a member, and teacher in
Amidaji temple sangha. The edition he uses was translated by Rev Zuio Hisao
Inagaki and can be accessed at this link,
http://web.mit.edu/stclair/www/horai/denne-index.htm Please click there if you
wish to read the whole text together with an introduction, images, and notes.
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