Dobokai Movement
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The Dobokai Movement officially began on the 700th memorial of Shinran Shonin in 1962, though its roots were in a movement started in 1947 with a group of practitioners calling themselves the shinjinsha, or, 'true person community'[1].
The goal of the movement was to awaken and unite members of Higashi Honganji in the tradition of Mahayana Buddhism as laid forth by Shonin. There was great conflict between the old and new ideas of Jodo Shinshu. Mostly stemming from a difference in opinion over the idea of shinshu, and whether the Pure Land was to be entered in death or in this life. Two major incluences on the movement were Akegarasu Haya and Kiyozawa Manshi. The movement based itself largely on the Tannisho (a collection of sayings of Shonin with commentaries by Yuien), and is going strong still today, with many members of Higashi Honganji subscribing to what the movement has laid forth. The Tannisho doctrine was based on the idea of cutting through spiritual differences[1].
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- ^ a b Popular Buddhism In Japan: Shin Buddhist Religion & Culture by Esben Andreasen, pp. 26, 69-73 / University of Hawaii Press 1998, ISBN 0-8248-2028-2
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