Argentina Hotels Travel - The Essential Shinran: A Buddhist Path of True Entrusting
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Manufacturer: World Wisdom
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 294.3926
EAN: 9781933316215
ISBN: 1933316217
Label: World Wisdom
Manufacturer: World Wisdom
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 280
Publication Date: 2007-03-25
Publisher: World Wisdom
Studio: World Wisdom
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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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Summary: A Great Work on Shinran and Shin Buddhism
Comment: The primary purpose of this book is to introduce to the people outside Japan the life and thought of Shinran (1173 - 1262), founder of the Japanese Buddhist school called "Jodo Shinshu" (True Pure Land Sect), or Shin Buddhism. The author Dr. Alfred Bloom is professor emeritus of the University of Hawaii and perhaps the first American scholar of religion who academically introduced Shin Buddhism to the Western world. In the Introduction he gives a brief history of Shin Buddhism through the present day. In the first chapter "Shinran's Life and Legacy," Bloom gives an in-depth description of Shinran's life, thought, and its tradition. Ruben L. F. Habito's Foreword not only introduces the author and the book, but also refers to the core of the Shin Buddhist teaching and discusses its relevance to the present day. The bulk of the book is spent for quotations from English translations of various original documents, which are arranged according to different themes. One can, therefore, have direct access to this 13th-century religious leader. This book is useful for those who are interested in a new perspective in religion, English-speaking Shin Buddhists and students of religion.
Reviewed by Dr. Toshikazu Arai
Soai University, Osaka, Japan
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Summary: Excellent "must-read" primer
Comment: Edited by Alfred Bloom, one of only a few Shin Buddhist scholars based in the United States, The Essential Shinran: A Buddhist Path of True Entrusting is a selection of core writings by Shinran (1173-1262 C.E.), the founder of the of the Jodo Shinshu Pure Land tradition of Buddhism in Japan, which eventually became the largest Buddhist sect in the nation. The Essential Shinran also includes background information about Shinran's life and spiritual legacy, the better to facilitate understanding of his texts. Extensive notes reflect the copious effort to make the fundamentals of Shin Buddhism as taught by the originator accessible to readers of all backgrounds. A glossary, select bibliography, and index of selections round out this excellent "must-read" primer recommended for anyone interested understanding in the fundamentals of Shin Buddhism.
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