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"Tannisho, A Shin Buddhist Classic," trans. by Taitetsu Unno


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More books & book sources ...
 

From Jodo-shu in Tokyo: Sho-On Hattori's "A Raft  from the Other Shore." (Tokyo: Jodoshu Press, 2000.) Includes a life of Honen, Shinran's teacher, and a discussion of his teaching of Nembutsu. Available at Amazon. Also from: from: Jodo Shu Research Institute, Meisho Kaikan 4F, Shiba Koen 4-7-4, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011, JAPAN. Tel: 81-3-5472-6571; Fax: 81-3-3438-4033 ... e-mail

 

 

"T'an-luan's Commentary on Vasubandhu's Discourse on the Pure Land," by Zuio Hisao Inagaki. Contains an introduction, original text, translation, notes, historical maps, T'an-luan's biographical references, glossary and index. 407 pages, 1998. $40.  
For information, contact: H. Inagaki

 

 

 

"Pure Land Tradition: History and Development." A series of essays. James Foard, Michael Solomon and Richard Payne, eds. Berkeley Buddhist Studies, 1996. Available at Amazon.
 

 

 


Other books of interest ...

"Nagarjuna's Discourse on the Ten Stages (Dasabhumika-vibhasa): translation and study of Verses and Chapter 9." Hisao Inagaki. (Kyoto: Nagata Bunshodo, 1998).

"Light: The Life and Thought of Rennyo." Kakehashi Jitsuen. Los Angeles: Pure Land Publications, 1999. The eighth Abbot, 1415-99.

"Rennyo and the Rise of the Hongwanji in the Muromachi Period." Michael Solomon.

Sources for Buddhist books & supplies ...

Active Image The Buddhist Churches of America Bookstore Online ...
Now at the Jodo Shinshu Center in Berkeley.

The Hongwanji Place
261 South San Pedro St.

(between 2nd & 3rd St.)
in the Teramachi housing complex
Little Tokyo District, Los Angeles

Horai Buddhist Books and Supplies
--Horai Association of Australia

 

 

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