The Collected Works of Shinran, Volume II: Introductions, Glossaries, and Reading Aids

371 Pages·1997·12.382 MB·English

by  Shinran Shonin, Dennis Hirota

THE COLLECTED WORKS OF SHINRAN
VOLUME II
Introductions, Glossaries, and Reading Aids

The Collected Works of
SHINRAN
VOLUME II
Introductions, Glossaries,
and Reading Aids
JÖDO SKNSHÜ HONGWANJI-HA, KYOTO
SHIN BUDDHISM TRANSLATION SERIES
SHIN BUDDHISM TRANSLATION SERIES
Letters of Shinran, 1978
Notes on 'Essentials of Faith Alone\ 1979
Notes on Once-calling and Many-calling, 1980
Notes on the Inscriptions on Sacred Scrolls, 1981
Passages on the Pure Land Way, 1982
The True Teaching, Practice, and Realization
of the Pure Land Way, 1983-1990
Hymns of the Pure Land, 1991
Hymns of the Pure Land Masters, 1992
Hymns of the Dharma-Ages, 1993
/I Record in Lament of Divergences, 1995
The Collected Works of Shinran, 2 vols., 1997
Translated, with introductions, glossaries, and reading aids,
by Dennis Hirota (Head Translator), Hisao Inagaki,
Michio Tokunaga, and Ryushin Uryuzu
Copyright© 1997 Jödo Shinshü Hongwanji-ha
Horikawa-dori, Shimogyo-ku
Kyoto 600 Japan
PRINTED IN JAPAN
Contents
The Collected Works of Shinran
Volume II
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS VIU
DETAILED CONTENTS OF VOLUME I 3
INTRODUCTIONS
The True Teaching, Practice, and Realization
of the Pure Land Way 11
Passages on the Pure Land Way 75
Hymns 92
Commentaries 103
Letters 156
Shorter Works 166
A Record in Lament of Divergences 168
GLOSSARY
Shin Buddhist Terms 170
READING AIDS FOR TRUE TEACHING, PRACTICE, AND REALIZATION
List of Passages 219
Notes on Shinran’s Readings 249
Names and Titles Cited 271
LISTS
Japanese-Enghsh List of Terms 294
Japanese-English List of Proper Nouns 317
Page List 333
Index of Proper Nouns and Selected Terms 342
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Shinran’s Hand Copy of the Amida Sutra (p. iii)
This scroll in Shinran’s hand is his earliest surviving writing. The
text of the sutra appears in large characters, while notes from the
commentarial tradition fill the margins and even the space between
lines and on the back of the paper. Thought to stem from his early
years of study under Honen, this copy reveals Shinran’s intellectual
energy, which continued to his death at the age of ninety. National
Treasure.
Nisbi Hongwanji, Kyoto.
Portrait of Shinran (p. iv)
This portrait, drawn from life by the artist Sen’ami, evokes Shinran’s
likeness and character with simple yet eloquent lines. Known for its
fidelity as the Mirror Portrait (Kagami no go-ei). National Treasure.
Nisbi Hongwanjiy Kyoto.
THE COLLECTED WORKS OF SHINRAN
Introductions, Glossaries, and Reading Aids