Honen The Buddhist Saint: Essential Writings and Official Biography (Spiritual Masters: East and West) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933316136 ISBN 13: 9781933316130

Publisher: World Wisdom, 2006

Synopsis

Honen Shonin (1133-1212 A.D.) founded the largest Buddhist sect in Japan (Pure Land, or Shin). This edited biography contains an Introduction by renowned Buddhist scholar, Alfred Bloom.

About this title

About the Author:

Joseph A. Fitzgerald studied Comparative Religion at Indiana University, where he also earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree. For more than twenty years he has traveled extensively to traditional cultures throughout the world, including three trips to Japan. Joseph is currently editing several forthcoming books on traditional spirituality.

Alfred Bloom is one of the world's foremost authorities on the study of Shin Buddhism. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Hawaii. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University, taught World Religions and Buddhism at the University of Oregon and the University of Hawaii. He was Dean at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, sponsored by the Buddhist Churches of America. Prof. Bloom is an ordained Shin priest.

Clark Strand is a former Zen Buddhist monk and the author of Seeds From A Birch Tree: Writing Haiku and the Spiritual Journey and The Wooden Bowl: Simple Meditation for Everyday Life. In 1996 he left his position as senior editor of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review to write and teach full time. He now lives in Woodstock, NY, where he leads the Koans of the Bible Study Group.

About this edition

• Publisher: World Wisdom
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1933316136
• ISBN 13: 9781933316130
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Fitzgerald Joseph A.