Credible shin authors: who's who?

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Credible shin authors: who's who?

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Hello all,
Are there any books on amazon that are of good quality; information wise on Shin Buddhism. Here are some of the author's I have come across: Alfred Bloom, Dennis Hirota, Kenneth Tanaka, and Taitetsu Unno.John Paraskevopoulos.Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki..too name a few! Thanks in advance!
Namaste, Dan
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Hi Dan, you'll hear varying opinions but perhaps it's best to read widely and decide for yourself. In the meantime, some primers and sites -

Buddhism of the Heart - Jeff Wilson
The Essential Shinran - Alfred Bloom
Buddha of Infinite Light - DT Suzuki
The Buddha's Wish for the World - Monshu Koshin Ohtani
River of Fire, River of Water - Taitetsu Unno

http://www.nembutsu.info/
http://www12.canvas.ne.jp/horai/
http://www.shinranworks.com/sitemap.htm

and some personal favourites -

Great Living in the Pure Encounter Between Master and Disciple - Taira Kemmyo Sato
Living in Amida's Universal Vow - (ed.) Alfred Bloom
Monshin: Hearing/Faith - Seikan Fukuma
Naturalness - Kenryo Kanamatsu
December Fan - Manshi Kiyozawa

Happy reading :smile:
All beings since their first aspiration till the attainment of Buddhahood are sheltered under the guardianship of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas who, responding to the requirements of the occasion, transform themselves and assume the actual forms of personality.

Thus for the sake of all beings Buddhas and Bodhisattvas become sometimes their parents, sometimes their wives and children, sometimes their kinsmen, sometimes their servants, sometimes their friends, sometimes their enemies, sometimes reveal themselves as devas or in some other forms.


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Dombbombu,
Thanks for the great list! I look forward to checking these out for myself! :) Have a great day and Namaste! Dan :applause:
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Hi new2dharma,

If this helps at all the two books I've recently found excellent as introductions to Shin are Jeff Wilson's 'Buddhism of the Heart' and Taitetsu Unno's 'Bits of Rubble Turned into Gold'. Someone also recommended Unno's 'River of Fire, River of Water' which I'll get next payday.

They're all easy to get on Amazon UK so I'm sure that'll be the same for Amazon.com.

These links may be of interest too------------

http://www.trueshinbuddhism.com/content/view/56/87/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=7098" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.yamadera.info/ocean/ocean-index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.shinranworks.com/sitemap.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

All the best

Paul
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Some of the following are blogs, but all contain good essays by good Shin authors :)

http://www.nembutsu.info/contents.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.shin-ibs.edu/academics/_pwj/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.georgegatenby.id.au/shinranwasan/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.georgegatenby.id.au/essays.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.nembutsu.info/horai/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://ichinyo.wordpress.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://web.mit.edu/stclair/www/amida.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://buddhistfaith.tripod.com/beliefs/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Thanks SteveB and all of you who gave me :applause: answers to my questions! Peace, Dan
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new2dharma wrote:Thanks SteveB and all of you who gave me :applause: answers to my questions! Peace, Dan
You're welcome :)

I'm sure that everyone else enjoyed referencing their favorite writers, too.
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