Living in Nenbutsu
Commentary on the Shoshinge by Shinran
$139.85
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
30 January 2022
Summary
The Shōshinge is a gātha of particular importance from The Kyōgyōshinsō by Shinran (1173-1262). Living in Nenbutsu is a translation of, and commentary on the Shōshinge, which means Hymn on the Right Faith in Nenbutsu.
In the teaching of Pure Land Buddhism, the term is usually understood as a particular ‘practice’ by virtue of which we attain birth in the Pure Land and ultimately the ‘realisation’ of Supreme Enlightenment. The Shin Buddhist notion of Nenbutsu, however, is something ent…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780901032652 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0901032654 |
| Author: | Kemmyo Taira Sato |
| Publisher: | The Buddhist Society |
| Imprint: | The Buddhist Society |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 30 January 2022 |
| Weight: | 544g |
| Dimensions: | 241mm x 165mm x 23mm |
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About The Author
Kemmyo Taira Sato
Professor Kemmyo Taira Sato is Director of the Three Wheels Shin Buddhist temple in London, and Visiting Professor at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies. He is the author of Living with Thanks: The Five Fascicle Version of Rennyo Shonin’s Letters (Buddhist Society, 2019), and with Professor John White, the editor and translator of The Haiku of Basho (Buddhist Society, 2019), The Haiku of Issa (Buddhist Society, 2020) and The Haiku of Buson (Buddhist Society, 2020)
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