Pye (formerly Religionwissenschaft, Marburg U., Germany) presents this publication covering Buddhist meditation, specifically the practice of calling on the name of Amida Buddha, a practice which has
Honen Shonin, who lived in Japan in the 12th century, saw that the complexity of traditional Buddhist practices made them inaccessible to people outside the monastic elite. Drawing on the Chinese Pur
Demonstrates that despite a Mahayana Buddhist philosophical basis, Pure Land Buddhism has paralleled the social and political qualities associated with the Judeo-Christian tradition. It has variously
Shin Buddhism, focused on the love of the Amida Buddha, is popular in Japan. Those who study it do not usually think of it as a secret sect, or believe that secret Japanese Shin groups disappeared at
