Honen Quotes on God
Honen was a Japanese Buddhist monk and the founder of the Pure Land school of Japanese Buddhism. This page collects quotes attributed to Honen on the topic of god, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Honen:
“All who recite the nembutsu in faith will be reborn in the Pure Land.”
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Attributed to Honen:
“Salvation comes through the grace of Amida, not through self-power.”
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Attributed to Honen:
“Faith is greater than understanding.”
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Attributed to Honen:
“When even the wisest cannot save themselves by their own power, the compassion of Amida is enough.”
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“The truthfulness which Jesus demands from his followers is the self-abnegation which does not hide sin. Nothing is then hidden, everything is brought forth to the light of day. In this question of truthfulness, what matters first and last is that a man’s whole being should be exposed, his whole evil laid bare in the sight of God. But sinful men do not like this sort of truthfulness.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer , Nachfolge (1937), The Cost of Discipleship (1959), p. 138