Shinran · Theology
Shinran’s late idea of <em>jinen honi</em> - Amida’s working as ‘made to become so of itself’ - and the transformed life that follows: no longer petition or bargaining, but a nembutsu of pure thankfulness.
You learned that jinen honi means being made to become so ‘of itself’ through Amida’s Vow, without our contriving ( hakarai ); that jinen also points to the formless supreme Buddha; and that the fitting response is a nembutsu of gratitude, not petition. Explain these ideas in your own words.
Leads to Augustine of Hippo.
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