| Life of Shinran | |
|---|---|
| 1173 | Born at Hino, southeast of Kyoto |
| 1181 | Takes tonsure under the guidance of Jien; begins life of monk on Mt. Hiei |
| 1201 | Descends Mt. Hiei; entrust himself to the Nembutsu teaching and becomes disciple of Honen |
| 1205 | Permitted to copy Honen’s major work, Senjakushu(*) and allowed to have the master’s image drawn * Passages on the Nembutsu Selected in the Primal Vow |
| 1207 | Nembutsu banned; exiled to Echigo (present Niigata) |
| 1214 | Moves to Hitachi Province (present, Ibaraki) of the Kanto region |
| 1224 | Drafts Kyogyoshinsho around this time (The True Teaching, Practice and Realization of the Pure Land Way) |
| 1235 | Returns to Kyoto around this date |
| 1248 | Completes first hymns: Hymns of the Pure Land and Hymns of the Pure Land Masters |
| 1258 | Completes Hymns of the Dharma-Ages |
| 1263 | Dies in Kyoto |
| After Shinran | |
| 1272 | Temple built at his burial site at Otani, Higashiyama |
| 1274 | Kakushinni becomes first caretaker of Mausoleum |
| 1294 | Kakunyo writes Ho’onko Shiki, memorializing Shinran’s teachings (Ritual composed by Kakunyo expressing his gratitude to the founder Shinran.) |
| 1295 | Kakkunyo writes Shinran Den’ne (Pictorial Transmission of the Life of Shinran) |
| 1321 | First public use of Hongwanji name |
| Life of Rennyo | |
| 1415 | Born in Kyoto |
| 1438 | Rennyo’s father, Zonnyo adopts the style of using two worship halls at Hongwanji |
| 1457 | Becomes eighth Monshu |
| 1465 | Monks of Mt. Hiei destroy Otani Hongwanji; Rennyo escapes |
| 1471 | Builds a temple at Yoshizaki (present Fukui) |
| 1473 | Has woodblocks of Shoshinge and Wasan carved for mass publication (Hymns of the True Shinjin and the Nembutsu) |
| 1475 | Leaves Yoshizaki |
| 1478 | Rebuilds temple at Yamashina |
| 1496 | Builds temple at Ishiyama, Osaka |
| 1499 | Dies |
| Hongwanji | |
| 1532 | Feudal load, Rokkaku and the Nichiren Buddhist school followers destroy Yamashina Hongwanji Headquarters moves to Ishiyama |
| 1570 | Oda Nobunaga attacks Ishiyama Hongwanji, starting ten-year siege |
| 1580 | Truce between Nobunaga and Hongwanji; headquarters moves to Saginomori, Wakayama |
| 1583 | Moves to Izumi, Osaka |
| 1585 | Moves to Temma, Osaka |
| 1591 | Moves to the present site in Kyoto |
| 1596 | Temple buildings damaged in earthquake |
| 1617 | Founder’s Hall and the Hall of Amida Buddha burn down |
| 1636 | Founder’s Hall rebuilt |
| 1639 | Gakuryo (forerunner of Ryukoku University) established |
| 1655 | Scholarly dispute of Jo’o era, Jo’o-no-kyogaku-ronso, concludes |
| 1760 | Hall of Amida Buddha rebuilt |
| 1765 | Shinshu Hoyo published |
| 1767 | Scholarly dispute of Meiwa era, Meiwa-no-horon, concludes |
| 1806 | Scholarly dispute on the Buddhist practices, Sango-wakuran, concludes |
| 1881 | Officially “Hongwanji-ha”; Hongwanji Assembly established |
| 1923 | 700th Commemorative Service for the Founding of the Jodo Shinshu Denomination |
| 1948 | 450th Memorial for Rennyo Shonin |
| 1961 | 700th Memorial for Shinran Shonin |
| 1973 | 800th Commemoration of Shinran Shonin’s Birth and the 750th Commemoration of the Founding of the Jodo Shinshu Denomination |
| 1977 | Ohtani Koshin becomes 24th Head Priest as Sokunyo Monshu |
| 1980 | Commemoration on Accession of Sokunyo Monshu |
| 1985 | Commemoration for the Completion of the Hall of Amida Buddha’s Restoration |
| 1991 | 400th Memorial for Kennyo Shonin and Commemortion of Hongwanji’s Relocation and Return to Kyoto |
| 1998 | 500th Memorial for Rennyo Shonin |
| 1999 | Founder’s Hall’s restoration begins |
| 2009 | Founder’s Hall’s restoration completes |
| 2011-12 | 750th Memorial for Shinran Shonin |
| 2014 | Ohtani Kojun becomes 25th Head Priest as Sennyo Monshu |
| 2016-17 | Commemoration on Accession of Sennyo Monshu |
A Collection of Buddhist scriptures written by Hongwanji successive head priests and other scholars
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