I, Shinran, have not a single disciple.
親鸞は弟子一人ももたずさふらふ。

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Shinran
Founder of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism (1173-1263). After twenty years on Mt Hiei he joined Honen's nembutsu movement at thirty-five. Exiled in 1207, he became neither monk nor layman, married, and taught absolute other-power.
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I know that I know nothing.
-- Socrates
I know that I do not know.
-- Plato
Even the good are saved; how much more the evil one.
-- Shinran
When I deeply consider Amida's Vow contemplated through five kalpas, it was, after all, for me, Shinran, alone.
-- Shinran
The highest goodness is like water. Water benefits all things and does not compete; it dwells in places others disdain, and so is close to the Tao.
-- Laozi
I transmit but do not create; I trust in and love the ancients.
-- Confucius