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Kenshindō Hall
Kenshindō Hall was created to honor Shinran (1173–1262), a revolutionary Buddhist thinker who founded the Jōdo Shinshū school of Buddhism. Through fervent study of the nenbutsu, a ritual invocation of Amida Buddha, Shinran arrived at the conclusion that faith in the saving power of Amida was the singular path to rebirth in his Pure Land paradise. Part of what led Shinran to this conclusion was a dream in which Prince Shōtoku (574–622) appeared to him as the bodhisattva Kannon and told him to seek out a like-minded monk, Hōnen (1133–1212). Shinran would have a special devotion to Prince Shōtoku for the rest of his life.
The principal objects of worship inside this hall reflect Shinran’s values and the Buddhist figures he considered most important. In the center, there is a statue of Amida Buddha. To the right is a statue of Prince Shōtoku, and to the left is a scroll with calligraphy written by Shinran of the rokuji-myōgō, the six characters that make up the nenbutsu prayer (na-mu-a-mi-da-butsu). A statue of Shinran stands in the courtyard to the right of the hall.
The principal objects of worship inside this hall reflect Shinran’s values and the Buddhist figures he considered most important. In the center, there is a statue of Amida Buddha. To the right is a statue of Prince Shōtoku, and to the left is a scroll with calligraphy written by Shinran of the rokuji-myōgō, the six characters that make up the nenbutsu prayer (na-mu-a-mi-da-butsu). A statue of Shinran stands in the courtyard to the right of the hall.
