Author Archives: Jishin
Link: World Wisdom On-Line Library
World Wisdom a publisher I highly recommend for the quality and variety of its output has a fine selection of articles , including a variety of Buddhist and specifically Jodo Shinshu related writings, in it’s on-line library. Worth checking out.
Honen Shonin Memorial Day
Today is the memorial day for Honen Shonin, the master of Shinran Shonin and transmitter to him of the single practice of Nembutsu. In the following passage from his essay ‘Married Life in Shin Buddhism’, Reverend Kemmyo Taira Sato describes the depth in which Shinran revered his master Honen: For Shinran Shonin his wife was [...]
Shinshu Kyodan Rengo
The Shinshu Kyodan Rengo is an umbrella organisation which represents the 10 non-Honganji affiliated subsects of Jodo Shinshu. Many of them date back to temples founded by Shinran Shonin himself. The Shinshu Kyodan Rengo has also helped popularise a liturgical version of the Shoshinge that is in the Japanese vernacular. You can listen to it [...]
Zendō Kashō Gon
Listed among the writings of Shinran Shōnin is a text entitled the ‘Zendō Kashō Gon’ – ‘A Collection of the Sayings of Zendō’. As there does not appear to be an English translation of this text I would be interested to hear of any information anyone has on its contents, especially if it is an [...]
To Kill a Thousand Men
A quick note on something I recently read for future reference: The 1961 Higashi Honganji sponsored translation of the Tannisho by His Eminence Kosho Ko-nyo Otani includes an interesting footnote on the incident in Chapter 13 in which Shinran Shonin challenges Yuien by saying: “Will you murder a thousand men? If so I definitely assure [...]
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