Interpretation and reception

The True Teaching, Practice, and Realization of the Pure Land Way

Shinran

Uses the sequence of Dharma ages to interpret the author’s time and recommend Pure Land practice amid the decline of religious capacities.

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Edition and location

Collected Works of Shinran, 1997, Jōdo Shinshū Hongwanji-ha; translation team led by Dennis Hirota. Kyōgyōshinshō is one work across its chapters.

Chapter VI, sections 73–80, especially Shinran’s own application in 78–79