ISBN: 9780916630751 - the monk who dared: a novel about shinran (4 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Etat : good. Supports Goodwill of Silicon Valley job training programs. The cover and pages are in Good condition! Any other included accessories are also in Good condition showing use. Use can include some highlighting and writing, page and cover creases as well as other types visible wear.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Warmly INSCRIBED AND SIGNED July 20, 1995 at the front endpaper. Flat SIGNED also, at the title page. First Edition (1995) ; First Printing. Very Good+ to Near Fine in Wraps: shows mild rubbing to the outside edges of the front panel of the self-wrapper covers; a bit of crinkle to the clear lamination of the wrapper covers at the lower backstrip (this we believe is a production flaw) ; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the mildest wear and minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Bright and clean. Close to "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9 x 6 x 1 inches). Language: English. Weight: 19.6 ounces. Trade Paperback. An historical novel about the Japanese Buddhist sage, Shinran Shonin (1173-1263) , who is considered the founder of Shin Buddhism (Jodo Shinshu). It is extremely well written, vivid, flowing, and is an impassioned and realistic account with full details that present life in Shinran's time and what it must have been like for him to encounter the teachings of Honen, who taught the Nembutsu-only school. The core of the book is Shinran's adolescence and early adulthood of continuous frustration and anxiety over what he felt were his complete failings at attaining purity and awakening through stringent Tendai Buddhist practices as a monk. When he encountered Honen's teaching, he was at the end of his rope, discouraged and suicidal. Honen taught that enlightenment does not come through one's own effort but through the other power of Amida Buddha, by a practice of chanting the Nembutsu ("I take refuge in Amida Buddha" or, in Japanese, Namu Amida Butsu). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 329 pages; Signed by Author.…

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