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Index
FOREWORD INTRODUCTION CONVENTIONS I. SHINRAN’S LIFE (1173-1262 C.E.) AND LEGACY
A. Shinran’s Spiritual Journey B. Shinran’s Legacy: The Shin Path to Enlightenment
II. WHAT DO WE KNOW OF SHINRAN IN THE ANCIENT SOURCES?
A. From Mount Hiei to His Entry into Hōnen’s Community B. The Journey to Eastern Japan (Kanto): Shinran’s Realization of Other-Power C. Shinran’s Account of His Spiritual Development D. Shinran Disowns His Eldest Son E. Shinran and Other Disciples of Hōnen F. Stories from Early Tradition: Kakunyo’s Treatise of Oral Tradition (Kudenshō) G. A Word from Kakunyo’s Treatise on Correcting Errors (Gaijashō) H. The Earliest Biography of Shinran: Kakunyo’s Godenshō
III. SHINRAN INTERPRETS PURE LAND TEACHING
A. Shinran’s Self-Understanding: The Human Condition
1. “Hell is decidedly my abode”: The Personal Dimension 2. The World of Foolish Beings 3. The Evil World of the Last Dharma Age
B. Shinran’s Experience of True Entrusting (Shinjin)
1. Shinran’s Unfaltering Trust 2. Shinran’s Joy in True Entrusting 3. Shinran on His Limitations 4. Shinran on His Death
C. Shinran on the Meaning of True Entrusting
1. Scriptural Foundation a. Why Buddhas Appear in the World b. The Major Vows: The Basis of Shinran’s Teaching c. The Primal Vow d. The Larger Sūtra of the Buddha of Immeasurable Life: the Supreme Truth i. The Significance of the Larger Sūtra for Shinran ii. The True Intent of the Larger Sūtra iii. The Ultimate Teaching of the “One Vehicle” iv. Sūtras of Provisional Practice: Sūtra of Contemplation, Smaller Amida Sūtra e. Amida and Śākyamuni 2. Shinran’s Style of Interpreting Scripture: Hidden and Manifest Meanings 3. Other-Power: The Fundamental Principle of Shinran’s Interpretation a. The Meaning of Other-Power b. Self-Power-Other-Power c. Uncalculating Trust d. No-working is True-working e. Shinran’s Ranking of Buddhist Teachings (Critical Classification of Teachings) i. The Traditional Pure Land View ii. Shinran’s System of “Two Pairs and Four Levels” 4. Shinran’s Respect for Tradition: The Selected Lineage of Seven Pure Land Masters a. The Hymn of True Entrusting (Shōshinge) b. Hymn on the Nembutsu and True Entrusting c. Hymns of the Pure Land Masters (Kōsō Wasan selections) d. The Parable of the White Path by Shan-tao
D. Dimensions of Shinran’s Interpretation of True Entrusting
1. The Status of Pure Land Teaching 2. Amida: The Supreme Buddha 3. Amida: The Eternal Buddha 4. Amida: The Savior 5. Amida and True Entrusting 6. The Experience of True Entrusting a. The Nature of True Entrusting i. The Diamond-like True Mind ii. True Entrusting and Buddha-Nature iii. The Ultimacy of True Entrusting iv. Two Types of Deep Entrusting b. Reception of True Entrusting c. The Mind of True Entrusting d. Three Minds of the Eighteenth Vow e. The Unity of the Three Minds f. Aspiration for Birth g. Status of Persons of True Entrusting h. Benefits of True Entrusting i. The Paradox of True Entrusting j. True Entrusting and Doubt 7. True Entrusting and Nembutsu Practice a. The Name b. The Nembutsu as Great Practice c. Nembutsu as Amida’s Call d. Nembutsu Recitation e. The Nembutsu and Spiritual Transformation f. Nembutsu and Gratitude
E. Shinran and the Nembutsu Way of Life: True Entrusting in the World
1. The Universal Dharma 2. Shinran’s Non-discriminating Dharma: Equal Companions on the Way 3. Shinran and Women (Thirty-Fifth Vow) 4. Nembutsu and Peace 5. Shinran and Prince Shōtoku 6. Sharing the Dharma: Propagation 7. True Entrusting, the World of the Gods, and Popular Religion: Rejecting Magic and Superstition 8. Ethics and Licensed Evil 9. Polemics and Disputations 10. The Teaching Encounters Opposition
F. Life Fulfillment
1. The Pure Land 2. Assurance of Fulfillment 3. The Presentness of Salvation a. Equality with the Buddha b. Rejection of Deathbed Rites 4. The Goal of Religion (Gensō Ekō) 5. Attainment of Nirvāna (Buddhahood)
GLOSSARY SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR FURTHER READING INDEX OF SELECTIONS BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
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