'Jeweled-Crown Maitreya Bodhisattva' (Miroku Bosatsu). 7th century. Koryuji, Kyoto

Daiei Kaneko

Daiei Kaneko (1881 - 1976), was one of the most influential Shinshu thinkers of the 20th Century. A prolific writer and much beloved teacher, he sought to bring Pure Land Buddhism into the modern age, exploring difficult concepts in plain language and rejecting scholarly approaches and venues.

 

Englightenment for Ordinary People

A collection of five lectures that reveal the author's insight into the Kyo-Gyo-Shin-Sho.

 

The Meaning of Salvation in the Doctrine of Pure Land Buddhism

This important work outlines the essential objective of the Jodo Shinshu teaching.

 

Prolegomena to Shin Buddhist Studies

In these lectures, Kaneko attempts to describe how the study of Shin Buddhism should be pursued in the academic setting of a modern university. The lectures were published as a book under the same title in January of 1923. Though brief, this volume had an enormous impact on the Shin Buddism' academic community and has continued to influence Shin Buddhist studies until the present day.

 

 

 

ARTICLES

Introductory
Primer

Zuiken Inagaki

Zuio Inagaki

Yoshifumi Ueda

Michio Tokunaga

Shojun Bando

Daiei Kaneko

Harold Stewart

John
Paraskevopoulos

Gregg Heathcote

Other Writers

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