Shinran, Shin Buddhism, and the Tannishō


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Sections I - X: Shinran’s own statements

Sections XI - XVIII: Yui-en’s commentary interspersed with quotations from Shinran

Epilogue


Section X: Two-fold Truth: “In the nembutsu, no meaning is the (true) meaning. It is inexplicable, ineffable, inconceivable.” 


Section I: Nonduality, Oneness: “Amida's Primal Vow does not discriminate between the young and old, good and evil - true entrusting alone is essential.”


Section III: Radical Inclusion: Karmic Evil: “Even a good person attains birth in the Pure Land [of oneness], how much more so the evil person.”


Section II: Pure Land as dynamic emptiness and freedom: “Hell as my only home.”


Section IV: Path of Sages, Path of Pure Land