The Essential Shinran: A Buddhist Path of True Entrusting
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The Essential Shinran: A Buddhist Path of True Entrusting is a compilation of passages from the writings and life story of Shinran Shonin. Shinran, who wrote during the Kamakura Period
, was a Japanese
monk
who founded Jodo Shinshu
Buddhism
, which eventually became the largest Buddhist sect in Japan.
The book (complied by Alfred Bloom
, with a foreword by Ruben L.F. Habito) is divided into three major sections:
The book is an attempt to bring Pure Land Buddhism to the attention of a Western audience.
The book received the Silver (2nd) Book of the Year Award in the Religion category (2007) from ForeWord Magazine
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Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura Shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo....
, was a Japanese
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
monk
Monk
A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
who founded Jodo Shinshu
Jodo Shinshu
, also known as Shin Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism. It was founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran. Today, Shin Buddhism is considered the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan.-Shinran :...
Buddhism
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
, which eventually became the largest Buddhist sect in Japan.
The book (complied by Alfred Bloom
Alfred Bloom (Buddhist)
- Alfred Bloom :Alfred Bloom is a pioneer of Jodo Shinshu studies in the English-speaking world. Born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1926 Bloom was the youngest child of a Jewish father. At the time of Alfred Bloom’s birth, his mother had been a recent convert to a fundamentalist tradition of...
, with a foreword by Ruben L.F. Habito) is divided into three major sections:
- Shinran’s Life and Legacy
- What Do We Know of Shinran in the Ancient Sources?
- Shinran Interprets Pure Land Teaching.
The book is an attempt to bring Pure Land Buddhism to the attention of a Western audience.
The book received the Silver (2nd) Book of the Year Award in the Religion category (2007) from ForeWord Magazine
ForeWord (magazine)
ForeWord is a trade journal published six times yearly with the tagline, “Reviews of Good Books Independently Published.” The magazine is distributed primarily to librarians and booksellers to familiarize them with upcoming books from small, independent, and university presses, as well as...
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