Kōsai (幸西; 1163 – May 20, 1247) or Kōsai Jōgakubō, was a former monk of the Tendai Buddhist sect and disciple of Hōnen's Pure Land Buddhist lineage. Kōsai, along with another monk called Gyōkū, were famous as advocates of the ichinen-gi (一念義; "Single thought doctrine" or “the doctrine of a single nenbutsu”) which proved to be quite popular as well as controversial.
Kōsai (幸西; 1163 – May 20, 1247) or Kōsai Jōgakubō, was a former monk of the Tendai Buddhist sect and disciple of Hōnen's Pure Land Buddhist lineage. Kōsai, along with another monk called Gyōkū, were famous as advocates of the ichinen-gi (一念義; "Single thought doctrine" or “the doctrine of a single nenbutsu”) which proved to be quite popular as well as controversial.
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