'Jeweled-Crown Maitreya Bodhisattva' (Miroku Bosatsu). 7th century. Koryuji, Kyoto

Michio Tokunaga

Amida as an 'Ultimate Point of Reference'

Tokunaga Sensei details the basis for our understanding that Amida Buddha is the ultimate reality.

 

Mahayana Essence as Seen in the Concept of 'Return to This World'

What is at the heart of the Mahayana? Tokunaga Sensei makes it clear that the Mahayana is a synonym for Bodhisattvayana and that Jodo Shinshu fulfills this avocation completely.

 

Shunyata in Pure Land Buddhism

Voidness (Sk. shunyata) is the predominant focus of the Madhyamika school of the Mahayana and Jodo Shinshu is heir to this tradition.

 

 

 

ARTICLES

Introductory
Primer

Zuiken Inagaki

Zuio Inagaki

Yoshifumi Ueda

Michio Tokunaga

Shojun Bando

Daiei Kaneko

Harold Stewart

John
Paraskevopoulos

Gregg Heathcote

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