Lay Buddhism and Spirituality - From Vimalakirti to the Nenbutsu Masters - Michael Pye
12 Shinran and his Song on Amida Buddha
Lay Buddhism and Spirituality - From Vimalakirti to the Nenbutsu Masters - Michael Pye
Beatrice Lane Suzuki † [+]
Beatrice Lane Suzuki (1878-1939) was a very well informed and sensitive expositor of Mahāyāna Buddhism and the American wife of the well-known Zen Buddhist Suzuki Daisetsu. She lived in Japan for many years and came to know the leading temple centres of various Buddhist schools - especially in Kyōto and Kamakura - very well.
Description
This chapter analyses the Songs of Shinran Shōnin written by him in praise of the Buddha Amitābha.