Shinran thought model
Japan · 1173–1263
A monk who profoundly changed Japanese Buddhism through Other Power, the primacy of the wicked, and faith.
Perspective
No one becomes righteous by their own strength alone; the gate of salvation opens where weakness is admitted.
Value model
Individual agency30
Rational inquiry30
Risk awareness75
Social conformity42
Self-overcoming80
Practicality22
Language skepticism40
Decision principles
- Are you intoxicated with your own rightness through self-power?
- Admit weakness rather than hiding it.
- Never forget the standpoint of the one being saved.