Jodo Shinshu

by Dobbins, James C.

• ISBN13: 9780824826208
• ISBN10: 0824826205
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr

Author Biography

James C. Dobbins is professor of religion and East Asian studies at Oberlin College.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Abbreviations	xv
Jodo Shinshu	1	(10)
Pure Land History in the Eyes of Shin Believers	2	(5)
Orthodoxy, Heresy, and Sectarian Development	7	(4)
Honen, the Exclusive Nembutsu, and Suppression	11	(10)
Honen and the Exclusive Nembutsu	12	(2)
Suppression of the Nembutsu	14	(4)
The Pure Land Movement	18	(3)
Shinran and His Teachings	21	(26)
Shinran's Early Years	22	(2)
Embracing the Pure Land Teachings	24	(7)
The Kyogyoshinsho	31	(7)
Shinran's Return to Kyoto	38	(4)
Shinran's Last Years	42	(5)
Licensed Evil	47	(16)
The Origin and Meaning of Licensed Evil	48	(1)
Honen, the Single Nembutsu Doctrine, and Clerical Precepts	49	(4)
Shinran's Arguments against Licensed Evil	53	(3)
Licensed Evil and Shinran's Followers	56	(5)
Shinran's View of Orthodoxy and Heresy	61	(2)
The Early Shinshu	63	(16)
Overview of Shinshu Development	63	(2)
The Shinshu Dojo	65	(4)
The Tannisho	69	(10)
Kakunyo and the Creation of the Honganji Temple	79	(20)
The Honganji	79	(2)
Kakunyo	81	(5)
Zonkaku	86	(2)
Heresies Within and Without	88	(11)
The Shinshu and Rival Schools of Buddhism	99	(13)
The Buddhist Establishment	99	(2)
The Nichiren School	101	(1)
The Chinzei Branch of the Jodoshu School	102	(2)
The Seizan Branch of the Jodoshu School	104	(3)
The Jishu School	107	(3)
The Ikkoshu	110	(2)
Shinshu Factions	112	(20)
The Bukkoji Branch	112	(5)
The Kinshokuji Branch	117	(3)
The Senjuji Branch	120	(5)
The Sanmonto Branch	125	(3)
The Honganji Branch	128	(4)
Rennyo and the Consolidation of the Shinshu	132	(30)
Rennyo's Times	133	(4)
The Hokuriku Campaign	137	(7)
Rennyo's Religious Message	144	(4)
The New Honganji	148	(6)
Rennyo's Legacy	154	(3)
Afterword
Shin Buddhism: An Appraisal	157	(5)
Glossary of Japanese and Chinese Terms	162	(12)
Notes	174	(45)
Bibliography	219	(15)
Index	234