The Promise of Amida Buddha Honen's Path to Bliss

by Atone, Joji

• ISBN13: 9780861716968
• ISBN10: 0861716965
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-05-10
• Publisher: Wisdom Publications

Summary

The promise of Amida Buddha is the first complete English translation of a seminal collection of writings by the Japanese Pure Land schoolÆs founder Honen shonin (1133-1212) The so called Japanese Anthology (Wago Toroku) collects his surviving short writings composed in Japanese, including letters of exhortation and public pronouncements These vital writings provide a window inot Honen's life and the turbulent era in which he lived and taught Book jacket.

Author Biography

Joji Atone was born in Fukuoka, Japan, in 1951 and holds a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since 1992, he has been the director of Bukkyo University-Los Angeles Extension.

Yoko Hayashi, MEd, is a retired educator living in Los Angeles. The daughter of a Japanese Pure Land missionary, she was born in Hawaii, where she spent her professional career.