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At the heart of the Shin Buddhist teaching lies a vision of true reality as alive with wisdom and compassion, working to bring all beings to the highest fulfillment of human life, the attainment of Buddhahood.
Shinran teaches that this activity manifests itself as Amida Buddha, who resolved to save all beings by bringing into his Pure Land, the realm of enlightenment, all who say his Name, entrusting themselves to his Vow. He thus performed practices for long eons and fulfilled this Vow, so that his Name, Namu Amida Butsu, came to resound throughout the universe, awakening all beings to the reality of great compassion. |
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The Shin Buddhist path was founded by Shinran Shonin (1173-1262) during the Kamakura period, and in several centuries grew into one of the largest and most influential schools of Buddhism in Japan, a position it maintains today. The Hongwanji temple is the headquarters of the Hongwanji denomination of Shin Buddhism (Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha), and is known as Nishi (lit. "West") Hongwanji. 
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Our Founder--Shinran Shonin |
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Shinran Shonin (1173-1262) was born at the close of the Heian period, when political power was passing from the imperial court into the hands of warrior clans. It was during this era when the old order was crumbling, however, that Japanese Buddhism, which had been declining into formalism for several centuries, underwent intense renewal, giving birth to new paths to enlightenment and spreading to every level of society. |
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The administrative Headquarters of the BCA organization are maintained at 1710 Octavia Street, in San Francisco, California.
Encompassed within the administration are the Office of the Bishop, Executive Assistant to the Bishop, BCA Office and Administrative Officer, the Endowment Foundation, a publications division, Dharma School-Youth departments, as well as a variety of other administrative and operational sections.
The Buddhist Bookstore and the Campaign BCA-The 21st Century office has moved to the Jodo Shinshu Center in Berkeley. |
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The Buddhist Churches of America (BCA) is an incorporated religious organization of American Shin Buddhist affiliated with the Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha Hongwanji denomination within the Continental United States. |
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