Shan-tao (613-681)
(Shan-tao (613-681))
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An important scholar of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism whose teaching greatly affected Honen and Shinran. |
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An important scholar of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism whose teaching greatly affected Honen 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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Living in Amida’s Universal Vow: Essays in Shin Buddhism, by Alfred Bloom |
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