{"id":57,"date":"2012-03-26T18:21:01","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T02:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shindharmanet.com\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2015-02-28T01:28:40","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T01:28:40","slug":"documents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/documents\/","title":{"rendered":"Documents &amp; Sutras"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Documents &#8230;<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shinranworks.com\/\"><em>&#8220;The Collected Works of Shinran&#8221; &#8211; Complete Online Text<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>\u2014<em> <\/em>A wonderful \u00a0resource coordinated by Rev. Yuho B. Van Parijs.<em> <\/em>Born in Antwerp, Belgium, he was ordained as a Buddhist Priest of the Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha in Kyoto in 1994. He continues to serve as the Assistant Priest to Rev. Shitoku A. Peel, Jikoji-Temple, Antwerp.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Also available for purchase in print form from the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongwanjihawaii.com\/bookstore\/index.html\">Honpa Hongwanji Bookstore<\/a><\/span>). <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Collected Works&#8221; is becoming the central reference for the understanding of Shin Buddhism. A translation of <em>all<\/em> Shinran&#8217;s major texts, replacing small volumes of separate works, it is <em>indispensable<\/em> for study.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Essay:<em> <a title=\"Reflection on The Collected Works of Shinran\" href=\"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/reflection\/\">&#8220;<\/a><a title=\"Reflection on The Collected Works of Shinran\" href=\"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/reflection\/\">Reflection on The Collected Works of Shinran<\/a><a title=\"Reflection on The Collected Works of Shinran\" href=\"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/reflection\/\">&#8220;<\/a>\u00a0by Alfred Bloom<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingdharma.org\/Tannisho\/TannishoContents.html\">&#8220;<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingdharma.org\/Tannisho\/TannishoContents.html\">Tannisho<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingdharma.org\/Tannisho\/TannishoContents.html\">&#8220;<\/a> <\/em>\u2014 A central text of modern Shin Buddhism, translated by Dr. Taitetsu Unno, with helps for reading and study.<\/p>\n<h3>Sutras &#8230;<\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;LARGER PURE LAND SUTRA&#8221; (Sukhavativyuha) <\/em><\/strong>\u2014<em> <\/em>The central Sutra in the trilogy of Pure Land Sutras, selected by Shinran as his \u00a0foundational text.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www12.canvas.ne.jp\/horai\/larger-sutra-1.htm\">Hisao Inagaki version -Part 1<\/a> \u00a0&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www12.canvas.ne.jp\/horai\/larger-sutra-2.htm\">Part 2<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/bud\/sbe49\/sbe4924.htm\"><em>Buddhist Mah\u00e2y\u00e2na Texts [1894] translation<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;THE SUTRA OF CONTEMPLATION&#8221; <\/em><\/strong>\u2014 The second key text in the trilogy. It is of major importance in the development of lay Pure Land teaching.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/04\/amitayus.pdf\">J. Takakusu translation<\/a>\u00a0(pdf file)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www12.canvas.ne.jp\/horai\/contemplation-sutra.htm\">Hisao Inagaki version<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;SMALLER PURE LAND SUTRA&#8221; (Amidakyo)<\/em><\/strong> \u2014 The third in the trilogy, also known as &#8220;The Amida Sutra,&#8221; was translated into Chinese by Tripitaka Master Kumarajiva in the beginning of the 5th century. It describes the Pure Land and is used in funeral services.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terakoya.com\/amidakyo\/index_e.htm\">Terakoya.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www12.canvas.ne.jp\/horai\/amida-sutra.htm\">Hisao Inagaki version<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Documents &#8230; &#8220;The Collected Works of Shinran&#8221; &#8211; Complete Online Text \u2014 A wonderful \u00a0resource coordinated by Rev. Yuho B. Van Parijs. Born in Antwerp, Belgium, he was ordained as a Buddhist Priest of the Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha in Kyoto <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/documents\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-57","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}