{"id":1573,"date":"2015-03-03T10:43:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T10:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/?page_id=1573"},"modified":"2019-06-14T03:53:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T03:53:34","slug":"chapter06","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/course\/chapter06\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Shin Buddhism in Modern Culture<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Chapter 6 &#8211;\u00a0A Perspective on the History of Shin Buddhism in Japan<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbschawaii.org%2Fshindharmanet%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2015%2F03%2F06_Chapter-Six.pdf&hl=en_US&embedded=true\" class=\"gde-frame\" style=\"width:100%; height:500px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<p class=\"gde-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/06_Chapter-Six.pdf\" class=\"gde-link\">Download (PDF, 83KB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Multiple Choice Questions<\/strong><br \/>\n<div class=\"mcq-main flat\"><ul class=\"mcq-questions-list\"><li class=\"questions-single\"><div class=\"question\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:15px;\">1. The fellowships that carried on Shinran\u2019s teachings after his death were generally:<\/div><div class=\"question-hint\"><\/div><ul class=\"ans-list\" ><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"1\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[1]\" value=\"1\">highly institutionalized<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"1\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[1]\" value=\"2\">loosely organized<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"1\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[1]\" value=\"3\">hierarchical in nature<\/label><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"questions-single\"><div class=\"question\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:15px;\">2. Prof. Weinstein noted in his essay, \u201cRennyo and the Shinshu Revival,\u201d that in most instances after the death of the founder, the followers:<\/div><div class=\"question-hint\"><\/div><ul class=\"ans-list\" ><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"2\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[2]\" value=\"1\">preserve the founder\u2019s teachings in pure form<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"2\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[2]\" value=\"2\">deify the founder and distort his teachings<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"2\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[2]\" value=\"3\">continue to reform the tradition in the way the founder would have<\/label><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"questions-single\"><div class=\"question\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:15px;\">3. Which of Shinran\u2019s successors wrote a biography to exalt Shinran, attempted to establish the independence of Honganji, and claimed to have both a blood and spiritual lineage that originated with Shinran?<\/div><div class=\"question-hint\"><\/div><ul class=\"ans-list\" ><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"3\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[3]\" value=\"1\">Kakunyo<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"3\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[3]\" value=\"2\">Kakushin-ni<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"3\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[3]\" value=\"3\">Kakue<\/label><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"questions-single\"><div class=\"question\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:15px;\">4. Under the leadership of Rennyo, the 8th patriarch:<\/div><div class=\"question-hint\"><\/div><ul class=\"ans-list\" ><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"4\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[4]\" value=\"1\">Honganji received the support of Hiei<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"4\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[4]\" value=\"2\">the individual quest for salvation was valued over the unity of the group<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"4\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[4]\" value=\"3\">the foundation for the popular spread of Shinshu was laid<\/label><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"questions-single\"><div class=\"question\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:15px;\">5. \u201cThe loss of the direct self (chokka no jiko),\u201d as described by Kiyozawa Manshi and presented by Prof. Kitanishi, refers to:<\/div><div class=\"question-hint\"><\/div><ul class=\"ans-list\" ><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"5\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[5]\" value=\"1\">the loss of the true self as a result of the domination of the Shin institution over the individual <\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"5\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[5]\" value=\"2\">the sense of alienation people are experiencing today<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"5\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[5]\" value=\"3\">the loss of ego that occurs in meditation.<\/label><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"questions-single\"><div class=\"question\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:15px;\">6. After the passing of Shinran, the type of organization taken up in the provinces was the ko which was organized for the common person. The leaders of the ko were:<\/div><div class=\"question-hint\"><\/div><ul class=\"ans-list\" ><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"6\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[6]\" value=\"1\">members of Shinran\u2019s immediate family<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"6\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[6]\" value=\"2\">well-educated men of high status in the community <\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"6\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[6]\" value=\"3\">the older and trusted disciples of Shinran<\/label><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"questions-single\"><div class=\"question\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:15px;\">7. Shinran\u2019s grave, originally merely a marker at Otani:<\/div><div class=\"question-hint\"><\/div><ul class=\"ans-list\" ><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"7\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[7]\" value=\"1\">remained simple and obscure<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"7\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[7]\" value=\"2\"> soon became a mausoleum, and then a temple<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"7\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[7]\" value=\"3\">was moved to Tokyo<\/label><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"questions-single\"><div class=\"question\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:15px;\">8. The fact that Shinran did not designate any of his children to carry on his teachings probably meant that:<\/div><div class=\"question-hint\"><\/div><ul class=\"ans-list\" ><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"8\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[8]\" value=\"1\">Shinran did not trust his own children<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"8\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[8]\" value=\"2\">Shinran\u2019s first priority was not to carry on his own bloodline<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"8\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[8]\" value=\"3\">Shinran had one of his disciples in mind<\/label><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"questions-single\"><div class=\"question\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:15px;\">9. Which of Shinran\u2019s successors developed the Hoonko service, wrote the \u201cGodensho\u201d (a biography exalting Shinran), and tried to turn Shinran\u2019s tomb into a temple?<\/div><div class=\"question-hint\"><\/div><ul class=\"ans-list\" ><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"9\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[9]\" value=\"1\">Kakushin-ni<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"9\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[9]\" value=\"2\">Zennyo<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"9\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[9]\" value=\"3\">Kakunyo<\/label><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"questions-single\"><div class=\"question\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:15px;\">10. The ikko-ikki wars (known as peasant revolts) were the turning point in the development of Honganji because they:<\/div><div class=\"question-hint\"><\/div><ul class=\"ans-list\" ><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"10\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[10]\" value=\"1\">promoted sect egoism, feudalism, and authoritarianism<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"10\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[10]\" value=\"2\">reversed the process of institutionalization<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"10\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[10]\" value=\"3\">marked the point at which Honganji renounced the feudal regime<\/label><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><div  class=\"mcq-submit\" mcq-id=\"1660\">Submit<\/div><div  class=\"mcq-result\"><\/div><\/div>\n<strong>Thought Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1. In the process of institutionalization how can the followers of a religion lose sight of its founder?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>2. Having read this chapter, what are some of your reactions to the development of the Shin institution in Japan?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>How do you think Shinran might have reacted had he been able to witness the events that took place following his death?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>3. We have seen how the various descendents of Shinran each contributed to changing the form and character of the Shin institution.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Today, however, it seems that many people oppose change and cling on to traditional ways. How can changes be made that would have a positive effect on the development of the institution? Do you think that having people understand the history of Shin Buddhism would make them more agreeable to change? 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