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, often abbreviated to , is the magnum opus of Shinran Shonin, the founder of the Japanese Buddhist sect, Jodo Shinshu. The work was written after Shinran's exile, and is believed to have been composed in the year 1224. It represents a synthesis of various Buddhist sutras in Mahayana literature, including the ''Larger Sutra of Immeasurable Life'', the ''Nirvana Sutra'', the ''Avatamsaka Sutra'' and the ''Mahaprajñaparamita Sutra''. In this way, Shinran expounds Jodo Shinshu thought. The work is divided into six chapters, not including the Preface: * Chapter 1 - Teaching * Chapter 2 - Practice * Chapter 3 - Shinjin, plus additional preface * Chapter 4 - Realizing * Chapter 5 - The True Buddha and Land * Chapter 6 - The Transformed Buddha and Land In addition to frequent quotations from Buddhist sutras, Shinran often quotes the Jodo Shinshu dharma masters, who comprise the teaching lineage, which extends from Shakyamuni Buddha to Shinran's teacher Honen. At the beginning of each chapter Shinran begins with the phrase (in English) "Compiled by Gutoku Shinran, Disciple of Shakyamuni". The name ''Gutoku'' or "foolish, stubble-headed one" was the name Shinran gave himself after he was exiled from Kyoto. == Chapter 1 == This is the shortest of the six chapters, and mostly quotes from the Larger Sutra of Immeasurable Life to explain that encountering a Buddha is extremely rare and auspicious for all beings, and that Shakyamuni Buddha's appearance in the world was expressly to propound the Pure Land teachings. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kyogyoshinsho」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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