Ibn Arabi vs Shinran
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Compare the life timelines of Ibn Arabi (1165–1240) and Shinran (1173–1263) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 67 years, from 1173 to 1240.
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Ibn Arabi (1165–1240)
- — Born in Murcia, al-Andalus Verified
- — Family moved to Seville Verified
- — Youthful spiritual conversion and reported meeting with Averroes
- — Studied with Sufi masters across al-Andalus and the Maghreb Verified
- — Left the Iberian Peninsula for the East Verified
- — Pilgrimage to Mecca and beginning of the Futuhat al-Makkiyya Verified
- — Years of travel through Anatolia, Iraq, and Syria Verified
- — Settled permanently in Damascus Verified
- — Composed the Fusus al-Hikam (Bezels of Wisdom) Verified
- — Died in Damascus Verified
Shinran (1173–1263)
- — Born near Kyoto Verified
- — Ordained as a Tendai monk on Mount Hiei Verified
- — Left Mount Hiei and became a disciple of Honen Verified
- — Exiled to Echigo province in the nembutsu persecution Verified
- — Married Eshinni Verified
- — Moved to the Kanto region and taught among common people Verified
- — Composed the Kyogyoshinsho Verified
- — Returned to Kyoto and disowned his son Zenran Verified
- — Died in Kyoto Verified