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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
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