The Essential Shinran
eBook - ePub

The Essential Shinran

A Buddhist Path of True Entrusting

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eBook - ePub

The Essential Shinran

A Buddhist Path of True Entrusting

About this book

Renowned scholar Alfred Bloom presents the life and teachings of Shinran Shonin, the founder of Shin (or Pure Land) Buddhism, the most populist form of Buddhism in Japan, drawing extensively on the writings of this influential Japanese religious reformer.

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Information

Publisher
World Wisdom
Year
2006
eBook ISBN
9781933316888

Table of contents

  1. FOREWORD
  2. INTRODUCTION
  3. CONVENTIONS
  4. I. SHINRAN’S LIFE (1173-1262 C.E.) AND LEGACY
  5. II. WHAT DO WE KNOW OF SHINRAN IN THE ANCIENT SOURCES?
  6. III. SHINRAN INTERPRETS PURE LAND TEACHING
  7. GLOSSARY
  8. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR FURTHER READING
  9. INDEX OF SELECTIONS
  10. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES