• Critical Thinking in Buddhism: The Kalama Sutta
• Shinran’s Non-discriminating Universal Faith
• A New Buddhist Perspective
• Tiger Woods and Forgiveness: A Buddhist View
• The Path to Spiritual Freedom
• Shinran’s Birthday
• Faith Transforms Life
• Buddhism and Atheism
• Obon and Family Values – An interpretation of the contemporary meaning of the Obon Festival that commemorates the ancestors in Japanese Buddhism.
• Under God

NOTE: The following essays, articles and papers are in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format.

• Amida Buddha, The Central Symbol of Pure Land Teaching
• Shin Buddhism and Culture: The Story of Heitaro
• Shinran: A Man with Nothing to Hide
• The Beginnings of Hongwanji
• Social and Religious Meaning of Nichiren
• Understanding Nembutsu
• Amida Buddha and the Ideal of Universal Salvation
• The Buddhist Perspective on Human Fulfillment: The Pure Land
• Understanding Karma and Transmigration in Buddhism
• Where Do I Go When I Die?: Christian and Buddhist Views
• Salvation Christian and Buddhist
• Amazing Grace: Christian and Buddhist
• The Meaning of Faith in Buddhism and Christianity
• Sudhana’s Quest: Learning and Buddhism
• Kannon and the Ideal of Compassion
• Remembering Shinran
• The Central Concept of Buddhism
• Meditation in Shin Buddhism
• Yemyo Imamura: Connecting the Dots
• What Does it Mean to Be Human?: Buddhism in the Modern Context
• Kujo Takeko – A Modern Buddhist Woman
• Honen and Shinran: Loyalty and Independence
• Buddhism and Christianity: Interpreting A New Testament Passage
• Buddha: The Perpetual Iconoclast – There are many facets of Buddhism. However, the essence of Buddhism, which distinguishes it in some ways from other religions or religious philosophies, may be called iconoclasm.
• The Cosmic Faith of the Japanese
• Introduction to Religion in China and Japan… The following chapters are taken from the volume “Religion and Man; India and Far Eastern Religious Traditions,” by Alfred Bloom (New York: Harper  & Row, 1971.) pp. 139-282. They are included here to provide a background for Buddhism in East Asia, and offer some information on the meaning and significance of the religious faiths of China and Japan.
  •        Introduction: Religion in China
  •        Introduction: Religion in Japan
• Issues in Propagation of Shin Buddhism in the West
• Spiritual Transformation and the Meaning of Shin Buddhism
• Awakening with the Buddha
• The Spirituality of Shinran
• Globalization and Buddhism – An exploration of globalization, from the HAIB Newslettter.
• Introduction to Pure Land Tradition – A general presentation of the Pure Land tradition relative to texts, doctrine, development in Japan, Shinran.
• The Foundation of Shinran’s Faith: Supremacy of the Vow in the ‘Tannisho’ – Lectures on the “Tannisho, Notes Lamenting the Deviations,” an important Shin Buddhist text giving seminal insights of Shinran.
• The Life of Endowed Trust – Sermon, on nature of faith and trust in Shin Buddhism.
• Buddhism in a New Age – Shin Buddhism faces a new age of technology and society. It challenges us for our future activities.
• Shin Buddhism – The Contemporary Situation in America – A general presentation of the problems and prospects of contemporary Shin Buddhism. (1997)
• The Unique Potential of Shin Buddhism in Western Society – A brief essay on the meaning of Shin Buddhism for modern people.
• Kyogyoshinsho – Foundation and Resource for Shinran’s Understanding of Nembutsu – Introduction to the “Kyogyoshinsho.” An essay on Shinran’s major text as a resource for understanding nembutsu.
• The Ultimacy of Jodo Shinshu – Shinran’s response to Tendai, the reigning system of thought of his time. Shinran’s approach reflects his creativity in confronting contemporary thought in his own age.
• Rennyo and the Renaissance of Contemporary Shin Buddhism … This two-part essay introduces Rennyo (1415-99), the eighth Abbot of the Shin Buddhist Denomination, who is commonly called the “Restorer” of Shin Buddhism.
  • Part 1 – The Life of Rennyo.
  • Part 2 – Rennyo’s contributions to the development of Shin Buddhism.
• Parallel Recognitions of Honen and Rennyo in the Development of the Pure Land Movement in Japan. – This essay indicates the heritage from Honen underlying the achievements that became evident in Rennyo through the composition of the “Senchakushu” (Jodo Shu reading, “Senjakushu” in Jodo Shinshu).
• Obon: A Festival of Memory
• Obon Festival … Living and Dying in Buddhism – Further reflections on Obon.
• Spiritual Values and Personal Identity
• Honen Shonin’s Religious and Social Significance in the Pure Land Tradition
• Rennyo’s View of the Salvation of Women
• Kiyozawa Manshi and the Renewal of Buddhism
• The Reforming Abbot Myonyo
• Buddhism and Healing