Demythologizing Pure Land Buddhism: Yasuda Rijin and the Shin Buddhist Tradition 9780824856342

The True Pure Land sect of Japanese Buddhism, or Shin Buddhism, grew out of the teachings of Shinran (1173–1262), a Tend

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Demythologizing Pure Land Buddhism: Yasuda Rijin and the Shin Buddhist Tradition
 9780824856342

Table of contents :
Contents
Series Editor’s Preface
Preface
A Word about the Translations
Part I. Introduction: Yasuda Rijin and the Shin Buddhist Tradition
Part II. Translations
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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