Beyond Meditation - Expressions of Japanese Shin Buddhist Spirituality - Michael Pye
A Study in the Pure Land Doctrine of Shōkū (1177–1247)
Beyond Meditation - Expressions of Japanese Shin Buddhist Spirituality - Michael Pye
Sugihira Shizutoshi
Otani University
Description
In this chapter, Shizutoshi sketches the life and works of Shōkū, to give an outline of his doctrine chiefly according to his “Book of Five Chapters,” the Godanshō 五段鈔.