The Western Pure Land
Christmas Humphreys, a noted early English Buddhist scholar and proponent of Zen, once declared Shin “a form of Buddhism which on the face of it discards three-quarters of Buddhism. Compared with the teaching of the Pali…
Alfred Bloom
Alfred Bloom is the retired Dean and Honganji Professor of Shin Buddhism at the Institue of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley. He is the author of several books, including Shinran's Gospel of Pure Grace (University of Arizona Press) and The Life of Shinran: Journey to Self-Acceptance (Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley).
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