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The Essential Shinran: A Buddhist Path of True Entrusting
Mia Bloom
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Description for The Essential Shinran: A Buddhist Path of True Entrusting
Paperback. Renowned scholar Alfred Bloom presents the life and teachings of Shinran Shonin, the founder of Shin (or Pure Land) Buddhism, the most populist form of Buddhism in Japan, drawing extensively on the writings of this influential Japanese religious reformer. Editor(s): Bloom, Alfred. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 394.
Shinran (1173-1262) is the founder of the Jodo Shinshu Pure Land Buddhist tradition in Japan during the Kamakura period. This movement, once set in motion, eventually became the largest Buddhist sect in Japan and spread to the West at the end of the nineteenth century. Renowned scholar of Shin Buddhism, Alfred Bloom, presents the life and spiritual legacy of Shinran Shonin, the influential religious reformer and founder of Pure Land Buddhism, the most popular school of Buddhism in Japan today. Bloom presents a wide selection of Shinran's essential writings on the key Shin Buddhist idea of "true entrusting" (shinjin) to ... Read more
Shinran (1173-1262) is the founder of the Jodo Shinshu Pure Land Buddhist tradition in Japan during the Kamakura period. This movement, once set in motion, eventually became the largest Buddhist sect in Japan and spread to the West at the end of the nineteenth century. Renowned scholar of Shin Buddhism, Alfred Bloom, presents the life and spiritual legacy of Shinran Shonin, the influential religious reformer and founder of Pure Land Buddhism, the most popular school of Buddhism in Japan today. Bloom presents a wide selection of Shinran's essential writings on the key Shin Buddhist idea of "true entrusting" (shinjin) to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
World Wisdom
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781933316215
SKU
V9781933316215
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99-15
About Mia Bloom
Alfred Bloom, former professor at the University of Hawaii and Dean of the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, California, is the author of Shinran's Gospel of Pure Grace and editor of Living in Amida's Universal Vow. He lives in Kailua, HI.
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Guidance from the former dean of the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, CA. Library Journal