Shinran: Path to Purity
Overview
In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school (Shingon) offered extensive training in complex and very demanding practices which might eventually bring about spiritual purification and realization. Various Zen schools offered students a lengthy path, literally composed of a blank wall and unceasing meditation. Yet another school (Tendai) emphasized complex metaphysics and the study of philosophical systems. Basically, all of them were designed to cater to the few who were able to give up everything else in their lives and focus on liberation, such as scholars and noblemen. In this historical and biographical drama, this is the situation that the young Shinran (1173-1263) discovered when he began exploring Buddhism as an alternative to the violence and ceaseless civil wars that racked Japan at the time.
Release date
02/06/1987
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Original Soundtrack
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Words with Gods
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Seven Years in Tibet
The Venerable W.
The Last Emperor
Aśoka
The Guardian Angel
The Shift
Madam White Snake
TANNISHO
Buelwa
Story of a Prostitute
Not One and Not Two
Night on the Galactic Railroad
The Burmese Harp
The Insect Woman
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
The Silent Holy Stones
A Vast Algorithm of Humanity: The Movie
Zen