Even the good are saved; how much more the evil one.

善人なをもて往生をとぐ、いはんや悪人をや。

Shinran

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Shinran

Founder of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism (1173-1263). After twenty years on Mt Hiei he joined Honen's nembutsu movement at thirty-five. Exiled in 1207, he became neither monk nor layman, married, and taught absolute other-power.

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Source: 歎異抄 第3条 (唯円編、親鸞没後)Verified

Shinran's Other Quotes

I, Shinran, have not a single disciple.

Once one encounters the power of the Vow, no one passes through life in vain.

When I deeply consider Amida's Vow contemplated through five kalpas, it was, after all, for me, Shinran, alone.

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I, Shinran, have not a single disciple.

-- Shinran

When I deeply consider Amida's Vow contemplated through five kalpas, it was, after all, for me, Shinran, alone.

-- Shinran