![]() ![]() ![]() Shin Buddhism is a wide-open teaching without any elements of mysticism or secrecy. Without using unnecessary Buddhist jargon, this book introduces the essence of Shin Buddhism in plain everyday English, for Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. Although this school has Japan's largest Buddhist following, led by the Honganji (east) and Hongwanji (west) Temples, was transported abroad by Japanese immigrants, and became the basis of the Buddhist Churches of America, the Buddhist Temples of Canada, Jodo Shinshu Brazil, and Pure Land Buddhism in Europe, it is not as well known in the rest of the world as some other schools of Buddhism, because of a lack of readable literature about it. This is a simple and clear introduction to Shin Buddhism, or Jodo Shinshu, a school of Japanese Buddhism founded by a priest named Shinran (1173-1263). Shin Buddhism: An Introduction by Takafumi Hirose ![]()
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