hiso-hizoku
(hiso-hizoku)
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Neither a monk nor a layperson, and that his [Shinran] faith transcended these institutional and social definitions. |
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A term used by Shinran when he was sent into exile; it indicated that he was neither a monk nor a layperson, and that his faith transcended these institutional and social definitions. |
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Living in Amida’s Universal Vow: Essays in Shin Buddhism, by Alfred Bloom |
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