The Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii was initiated by Shinran Shonin (1173 - 1263), founder of Jodo Shin school on Pure Land Buddhism. Shinran Shonin was born in 1173, during the Kamakura Period in Japan. His teaching is based on the Pure Land tradition as a successor to Honen Shonin.
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