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

ZUIO (HISAO) INAGAKI

Amida and The Pure Land

A succint introduction to the entire scope of the Buddha Dharma.

 

Amida the Infinite

A collection of essays on the first thirteen verses of Shinran's Jodo Wasan. [Frames]

 

Hana-matsuri, Celebration of Shakyamuni's Birthday. (8th April)

Since its inauguration by expatriot Japanese students in Germany early last century, Hana-matsuri (the 'festival of flowers') has become a popular celebration within Jodo Shinshu of the birthday of the founder of the Buddhist movement (kanbutsu-e).

 

Ho-onko, Annual Memorial Observance in Honour of Shinran. (16th January)

Every year, during the eight days from January 9 to 16, followers of Jodo Shinshu commemorate the passing of Shinran Shonin.

 

Introduction to the Amida Sutra

The Amida Sutra is immensely popular throughout the Mahayana world. This work explains its principal tenets.

 

The Six Aspects of the Shin Educational Process

An exposition of the phases of spiritual growth in Jodo Shinshu.

 

ARTICLES

Introductory
Primer

Zuiken Inagaki

Zuio Inagaki

Yoshifumi Ueda

Michio Tokunaga

Shojun Bando

Daiei Kaneko

Harold Stewart

John
Paraskevopoulos

Gregg Heathcote

Other Writers

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