Shinran's Kyogyoshinsho
Title | Shinran's Kyogyoshinsho PDF eBook |
Author | Shinran |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2012-10-25 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0199863105 |
This annotated translation by Daisetz Suzuki (1870-1966) comprises the first four of six chapters of the Kyogyoshinsho, the definitive doctrinal work of Shinran (1173-1262). Shinran founded the Jodo Shin sect of Pure Land Buddhism, now the largest religious organization in Japan. Writing in Classical Chinese, Shinran began this, his magnum opus, while in exile and spent the better part of thirty years after his return to Kyoto revising the text. Although unfinished, Suzuki's translation conveys the text's core religious message, showing how Shinran offered a new understanding of faith through studying teachings before engaging in praxis, rather than the more common and far more limited view of faith in Buddhism as relevant to one just beginning their pursuit of Buddhist truth. Although Suzuki is best known for his scholarship on Zen Buddhism, he took a lifelong interest in Pure Land Buddhism. Suzuki's own religious perspective is evident in his translation of gyo as ''True Living'' rather than the expected ''Practice,'' and of sho as ''True Realizing of the Pure Land'' rather than the expected ''Enlightenment'' or ''Confirmation.'' This book contains the second edition of Suzuki's translation. It includes a number of corrections to the original 1973 edition, long out of print, as well as Suzuki's unfinished preface in its original form for the first time.
Discourse and Ideology in Medieval Japanese Buddhism
Title | Discourse and Ideology in Medieval Japanese Buddhism PDF eBook |
Author | Richard K. Payne |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2006-04-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1134242107 |
The medieval period of Japanese religious history is commonly known as one in which there was a radical transformation of the religious culture. This book suggests an alternate approach to understanding the dynamics of that transformation. One main topic of analysis focuses on what Buddhism - its practices and doctrines, its traditions and institutions - meant for medieval Japanese peoples themselves. This is achieved by using the notions of discourse and ideology and juxtaposing various topics on shared linguistic practices and discursive worlds of medieval Japanese Buddhism. Collating contributions from outstanding scholars in the field of Buddhist Studies, the editors have created an important work that builds on preliminary work on rethinking the importance and meaning of Kamakura Buddhism published recently in English, and adds greatly to the debate.
The Kyōgyōshinshō
Title | The Kyōgyōshinshō PDF eBook |
Author | Shinran |
Publisher | |
Pages | 554 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Kyōgyōshinshō |
ISBN |
Kyogyoshinsho
Title | Kyogyoshinsho PDF eBook |
Author | Shinran Shonin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 452 |
Release | 2003-05-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781886139169 |
The Kyogyoshinsho is the magnum opus of Shinran Shonin (1173ż1262), founder of the Jodo Shinshu school of Pure Land Buddhism. This work is a collection of three hundred and seventy-six passages from sixty-two sutras, discourses, and commentaries, with Shinranżs own notes and commentary, organized into a coherent and comprehensive explication of the Pure Land teaching.
The Buddha-Christ as the Lord of the True Self
Title | The Buddha-Christ as the Lord of the True Self PDF eBook |
Author | Fritz Buri |
Publisher | Mercer University Press |
Pages | 452 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780865545366 |
This translation of a 1982 volume published in Bern (Paul Haupt Verlag) by a Swiss theologian with a longstanding interest in dialogue between Buddhism and Christianity features an examination of the Kyoto school of Japanese philosophers who attempted to engage with both Christianity and secular Wes
Jodo Shinshu
Title | Jodo Shinshu PDF eBook |
Author | James C. Dobbins |
Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 2002-04-30 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780824826208 |
This work combines the biography of the founder of Shin Buddhism with a detailed study of the complex development of the religion, from its simple beginnings as a small, rural primarily lay Buddhist movement in the 12th century to its rapid growth as a powerful urban religion in the 15th century.
Teaching, Practice, Faith, and Enlightenment
Title | Teaching, Practice, Faith, and Enlightenment PDF eBook |
Author | Shinran |
Publisher | |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Pure Land Buddhism |
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