Shinran · Theology
Shinran's great reversal: in an age when beings are too weak and self-deceived to save themselves by their own effort, liberation comes not by self-power (<em>jiriki</em>) but by Other Power (<em>tariki</em>) - the working of Amida's vow, in which even our striving is a subtle trap.
You learned that Shinran distinguished self-power ( jiriki ) from Other Power ( tariki ), that he held ordinary beings in the age of mappo (dharma-decline) incapable of liberating themselves by disciplined self-effort, that he saw even our spiritual striving as tainted by the grasping self it aims to overcome, and tha…
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