Living in Amida's Universal Vow: Essays on Shin Buddhism

by Alfred Bloom (Editor)

This is the first comprehensive collection of essays on Shin Buddhism by many of the most important Shin scholars and religious authorities of the last one hundred years.

Genres: Buddhism

336 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2004

Reviews

[Anttoni · Rating 4 out of 5]

A varied look on Shin Buddhism from angles raging from historical to contemporary, from philosophical to societal. As such, "Living in Amida's Universal Vow" has much to offer. Readers coming from myriad outlooks can benefit from reading this book on a rather little know strand of Buddhism in the West, compared for example to Zen.

[Malum · Rating 3 out of 5]

A mixed bag of essays related to Jodo Shinshu Buddhism. I would say that there are some real gems here hidden in a sea of meh. It was, however, worth wading through the meh to get to those gems.