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All the schools of Buddhism begin with the life of Siddhartha Gautama, who is known as Shakyamuni Buddha, the great sage of the Shakya clan, our historical Buddha. Shakyamuni Buddha was a living, breathing, human being and was the only teacher who has emphasized this fact. He attributed all of his attainments to human endeavors, not divine inspiration from any external factor.
Shinran Shonin (1173-1262) is our founder and whose teachings are the basis of Jodo Shinshu. Although he used the name Gutoku (gu means ignorant and toku means stubble-haired, implying he was neither a monk nor a layperson), he was posthumously given the name Kenshin Daishi (Great Teacher, Seer of Truth). He was acknowledged as someone who could “see what eyes cannot see.”