Toward a contemporary understanding of Pure Land Buddhism : creating a Shin Buddhist theology in a religiously plural world / edited by Dennis Hirota. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hirota, Dennis.

Series:

SUNY series in Buddhist studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shin (Sect)--Doctrines.

Shin (Sect).

Pure Land Buddhism--Doctrines.

Pure Land Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 257 p. )

Place of Publication:

Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c2000.

Summary:

"Toward a Contemporary Understanding of Pure Land Buddhism offers proposals for creatively reinterpreting the Pure Land path. Japanese Pure Land thought brought about a major development in Buddhist tradition by evolving a path to enlightenment that is pursued while carrying on life in society. It is rooted in the Mahayana ideal of compassion and in the bodhisattva, or being of wisdom, who vows to ferry all living things to the other shore of awakening." "In this book, three Buddhist scholars utilize hermeneutic thought, process theology, and the mandala contemplation of Buddhism to address issues of modernity and religious values in the world today. In addition, the work proceeds to offer a new model of interreligious dialogue."--Jacket.

Contents:

Images of reality in the Shin Buddhist Path / Dennis Hirota

Understanding Amida Buddha and the Pure Land / John S. Yokota

Mandala contemplation and Pure Land practice / Musashi Tachikawa

Pure Land Buddhism today / Gordon D. Kaufman

A Christian critique of Pure Land Buddhism / John B. Cobb, Jr.

Dialogic engagement and truth / Dennis Hirota

A call to compassion / John S. Yokota

The world and Amida Buddha / Musashi Tachikawa.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7914-9284-2

0-585-35029-9