Independent Shin Buddhist - Readings

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The Independent Shin Buddhist

Readings

from Shinran:
An Introduction to His Thought

by Yoshifumi Ueda and Dennis Hirota

Chapter 1 Shinran: Life and Works

Chapter 2 The Mahayana Mode of Thought
Chapter 2 The Structure of Attainment
Chapter 2 The Unfolding of Wisdom as Compassion
Chapter 2 Prajnaparamita or Nondiscimiative Wisdom

Chapter 3 Emergence of the Pure Land Path
Chapter 3 Emergence of the Pure Land Path: The Mahayana Movement
Chapter 3 Practice in the Pure Land Tradition
Chapter 3 The Characteristics of Amida Buddha
Chapter 3 The Nature of Amida Buddha

Chapter 4 The Structure of Shinran's Thought
Chapter 4 Shinran's Concept of Practice
Chapter 4 The Life of Shinjin
Chapter 4 The Realization of Shinjin
Chapter 4 The Significance of Shinjin
Chapter 4 The Structure of Shinjin or True Entrusting

The Eastern Buddhist

Towards a Shin Buddhist Social Ethic, by Ama Toshimaro
Reverence and Reality, by Gregory Gibbs
My Socialism, by Takagaki Kenmyo


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