Jodo Shinshu : Shin Buddhism in Medieval Japan

Name: Jodo Shinshu : Shin Buddhism in Medieval Japan
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ISBN: 9780253331861

ISBN-10: 0253331862

ISBN-13: 9780253331861

Edition: 1989

Authors: James C. Dobbins

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Dobbins (religion and East Asian studies, Oberlin College) describes the rise and development of Japan's largest school of Buddhism in premodern times, part of the Pure Land Buddhism that grew in parallel to Zen Buddhism. The 1989 hard cover edition was published by Indiana University Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Preface to the Paperback Edition	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Abbreviations	p. xu
Jodo Shinshu	p. 1
Pure Land History in the Eyes of Shin Believers	p. 2
Orthodoxy, Heresy, and Sectarian Development	p. 7
Honen, the Exclusive Nembutsu, and Suppression	p. 11
Honen and the Exclusive Nembutsu	p. 12
Suppression of the Nembutsu	p. 14
The Pure Land Movement	p. 18
Shinran and His Teachings	p. 21
Shinran's Early Years	p. 22
Embracing the Pure Land Teachings	p. 24
The Kyogyoshinsho	p. 31
Shinran's Return to Kyoto	p. 38
Shinran's Last Years	p. 42
Licensed Evil	p. 47
The Origin and Meaning of Licensed Evil	p. 48
Honen, the Single Nembutsu Doctrine, and Clerical Precepts	p. 49
Shinran's Arguments against Licensed Evil	p. 53
Licensed Evil and Shinran's Followers	p. 56
Shinran's View of Orthodoxy and Heresy	p. 61
The Early Shinshu	p. 63
Overview of Shinshu Development	p. 63
The Shinshu Dojo	p. 65
The Tannisho	p. 69
Kakunyo and the Creation of the Honganji Temple	p. 79
The Honganji	p. 79
Kakunyo	p. 81
Zonkaku	p. 86
Heresies Within and Without	p. 88
The Shinshu and Rival Schools of Buddhism	p. 99
The Buddhist Establishment	p. 99
The Nichiren School	p. 101
The Chinzei Branch of the Jodoshu School	p. 102
The Seizan Branch of the Jodoshu School	p. 104
The Jishu School	p. 107
The Ikkoshu	p. 110
Shinshu Factions	p. 112
The Bukkoji Branch	p. 112
The Kinshokuji Branch	p. 117
The Senjuji Branch	p. 120
The Sanmonto Branch	p. 125
The Honganji Branch	p. 128
Rennyo and the Consolidation of the Shinshu	p. 132
Rennyo's Times	p. 133
The Hokuriku Campaign	p. 137
Rennyo's Religious Message	p. 144
The New Honganji	p. 148
Rennyo's Legacy	p. 154
Afterword: Shin Buddhism: An Appraisal	p. 157
Glossary of Japanese and Chinese Terms	p. 162
Notes	p. 174
Bibliography	p. 219
Index	p. 234
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