Shan-tao
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Shan-tao (613-681) was an important scholar of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism. |
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Shan-tao (613-681) was an important scholar of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism whose teaching greatly affected Hōnen and Shinran through his commentary on the Sutra of Contemplation and systematization of Pure Land doctrine. He is credited with stressing the recitation of the nembutsu as the central act of Amida’s Vow and Pure Land devotion. |
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The Essential Shinran: A Buddhist Path of True Entrusting |
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