Living in Amida's universal vow : essays in Shin Buddhism / edited by Alfred Bloom ; foreword by Taitetsu Unno.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bloom, Alfred.

Series:

Perennial philosophy series

The Perennial philosophy series

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Shin (Sect)--Doctrines.

Shin (Sect).

Physical Description:

xxv, 305 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : World Wisdom, 2004.

Contents:

The great path of absolute other pwer and my faith / Kiyozawa Manshi

The significance of Dharmakara Bodhisattva as earthly savior / Soga Ryojin

The meaning of salvation in the doctrine of Pure Land Buddhism / Kaneko Daiei

Shin Buddhism / Daisets T. Suzuki

Centering and the world beyond / Takeuchi Yoshinori

The practice of Jodo-Shinshu / Taisetsu Unno

Shinjin is the eternal now / Omine Akira

Shinran's vision of absolute compassion / Alfred Bloom

Religious transformation and language in Shinran / Dennis Hirota

Freedom and necessity in Shinran's concept of karma / Ueda Yoshifumi

Joy of Shinran : rethinking the traditional Shinshu views on the 123 concept of the stage of truly settled / Murakami Sokusui

Shinran and authority in Buddhism / Galen Amstutz

Shinran and modern individualism / Gerhard Schepers

Shinran and human dignity : opening an historic horizon / Futaba Kenko

Towards a Shin Buddhist social ethics / Ama Toshimaro

My socialism / Takagi Kenmyo

Ethics in American Jodo Shinshu : trans-ethical responsibility / Kenneth K. Tanaka

Shinran's indebtedness to T'an-luan / Bando Shojun

Pure Land Buddhist hermeneutics : Honen's interpretation of 231 nembutsu / Allan A. Andrews

David, Shankara, Honen / Frithjof Schuon

Mutual transformation of Pure Land Buddhism and Christianity / Takeda Ryusei.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0941532542

OCLC:

54897810