The Essential Shinran: A Buddhist Path of True Entrusting is a compilation of passages from the writings and life story of Shinran Shonin. Shinran, who wrote during the Kamakura Period, was a Japanese monk who founded Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, which eventually became the largest Buddhist sect in Japan. The book (complied by Alfred Bloom, with a foreword by Ruben L.F. Habito) is divided into three major sections:
* Shinran’s Life and Legacy
* What Do We Know of Shinran in the Ancient Sources?
* Shinran Interprets Pure Land Teaching.
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| - The Essential Shinran: A Buddhist Path of True Entrusting is a compilation of passages from the writings and life story of Shinran Shonin. Shinran, who wrote during the Kamakura Period, was a Japanese monk who founded Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, which eventually became the largest Buddhist sect in Japan. The book (complied by Alfred Bloom, with a foreword by Ruben L.F. Habito) is divided into three major sections:
* Shinran’s Life and Legacy
* What Do We Know of Shinran in the Ancient Sources?
* Shinran Interprets Pure Land Teaching.
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| - The Essential Shinran: A Buddhist Path of True Entrusting is a compilation of passages from the writings and life story of Shinran Shonin. Shinran, who wrote during the Kamakura Period, was a Japanese monk who founded Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, which eventually became the largest Buddhist sect in Japan. The book (complied by Alfred Bloom, with a foreword by Ruben L.F. Habito) is divided into three major sections:
* Shinran’s Life and Legacy
* What Do We Know of Shinran in the Ancient Sources?
* Shinran Interprets Pure Land Teaching. The book is an attempt to bring Pure Land Buddhism to the attention of a Western audience. The book received the Silver (2nd) Book of the Year Award in the Religion category (2007) from ForeWord Magazine.
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