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Sekai no Hikari: Shinran Shounin

世界の光親鸞聖人

“Orphaned at 8, Matsuwakamaru becomes monk Shinran, seeking escape from death's cycle and founding Joudo Shinshuu Buddhism.”

6 episodes32 min

HistoricalSpring 1992PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Orphaned at 8, Matsuwakamaru becomes monk Shinran, seeking escape from death's cycle and founding Joudo Shinshuu Buddhism.

Young Matsuwakamaru loses his father as an infant. To make matters worse, his beloved mother Kikkou passes away when he's 8 years old. While facing her death, Matsuwakamaru is puzzled at where people go when they die. If there is a cycle of heaven, hell, and rebirth, is there a way to escape this torturous circle, he wonders. With this great determination for the discovery of knowledge in mind, at only 9 years old, he joins a Buddhist monastery on Mt. Hiei, and changes his name to Shinran. This is the story of the man who would someday open the doors to the Joudo Shinshuu sect of Buddhism.