There is now a second book out on Pureland Buddhism as practised by Amida-shu. Dharmavidya has written an excellent introduction to the Amidist faith and has done so with reference to a highly personal and moving account of the last few weeks of his mother’s life. It is a beautiful book that I shall treasure.
Here is a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Books’
Without the Prince, Sleeping Beauty does not Wake
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Amida-shu, Books, Buddhism, Dharmavidya, who loves dies well on September 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The Other Buddhism
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Books on August 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Prasada’s new book, The Other Buddhism, is now available in the shops -
The Pureland schools are the largest Buddhist denominations in Japan, and yet this approach to Buddhism is hardly known in the West. Pureland centres on our relationship with Amida Buddha, the embodiment of measureless love, light and life. It offers a fresh view [...]
Speaking of Faith II
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Books, Faith and Spirituality on July 6, 2007 | 4 Comments »
When I first interviewed people across the Christian world, I began to imagine religious truth as something splintered and far-flung for good reason, too vast for one tradition to encompass. I saw reformers, across time, as people who noticed a scattered piece of the Christian truth that the Church itself was neglecting. They picked it [...]
