The Shin Buddhist Classical Tradition ：A Reader in Pure Land Teaching

Publication subTitle ：A Reader in Pure Land Teaching

Author： Bloom   Alfred  

Publisher： World Wisdom‎

Publication year： 2014

E-ISBN: 9781936597437

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781936597383

Subject： B9 Religion

Keyword： 宗教

Language： ENG

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The Shin Buddhist Classical Tradition

Description

Pure Land or Shin Buddhism is the most popular form of Buddhism in Japan. Yet in the West it has been overshadowed by the more famous Zen Buddhism. In Volume 2 of his new work, renowned author and scholar of the Shin tradition, Alfred Bloom, has collected key passages on Pure Land religious practice from among the scriptures and the leading monks of the school during the 4th-15th centuries C.E., the period of the tradition's greatest flowering. Arranged by topic for easy reference, and including a foreword by Kenneth K. Tanaka, it is sure to be an instant classic.

Chapter

The Shin Buddhist Classical Tradition

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Introduction

Conventions

II. Teachings of the Pure Land Tradition (Cont.)

H. Pure Land Practice

1. General Approach to Practice

2. Devotion to Amida and All Buddhas

3. Aspiration for Birth in the Pure Land

4. Contemplation/Meditation on the Buddha and Visualization of the Pure Land

5. Name-Nembutsu

6. Benefits

7. Repentance

8. Gratitude

9. Merit Transference

10. Self-Power and Other-Power

11. Learning: The Good Teacher

12. Sharing Dharma

a. Bodhisattva in Return

I. The Human Condition

1. Foolish Being

a. Impermanence

b. Equality: Non-discrimination

c. Daily Life

d. Licensed Evil

e. Practice of Compassion

f. On the Death of Loved Ones

2. Personal Confessions

3. Karma

4. Violation of Dharma and Retribution

5. Doubt

6. Doctrinal Disputes/Deviations and Regulations

J. Philosophical Aspects

K. Pure Land Tradition

L. Society and Ethics

Selected Glossary

Bibliography

Index of Quoted Sources

Biographical Notes

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