Introduction
Translator’s Foreword
Part One
Tannisho: Amplified Translation
Part Two
A Guide to Tannisho:
Close Translation and Clarification of Easily Misunderstood Passages
Close Translations of Tannisho
Section I
Section II
Section III
Section IV
Section V
Section VI
Section VII
Section VIII
Section IX
Section X
Epilogue
1 How Easy It Is to Misunderstand Tannisho—Clarification of Section I of Tannisho (1 of 4)—
2 Amida’s Salvation Happens in This Life—Clarification of Section I of Tannisho (2 of 4)—
3 “The Sole Requirement Is Faith”—Clarification of Section I of Tannisho (3 of 4)—
4 “No Need for Good, No Fear of Evil”: What Does This Really Mean? —Clarification of Section I of Tannisho (4 of 4)—
5 Does Other-Power Mean That We Sit Back and Do Nothing? —Clarification of Section II of Tannisho (1 of 4)—
6 “Only Say the Nembutsu”: The Meaning of “Only”—Clarification of Section II of Tannisho (2 of 4)—
7 The Real Meaning of Shinran’s “I Do Not Know in the Least”—Clarification of Section II of Tannisho (3 of 4)—
8 Because Amida’s Vow Is True—Clarification of Section II of Tannisho (4 of 4)—
9 “If Even a Good Person Will Attain Salvation, All the More So Will an Evil Person”—Clarification of Section III of Tannisho—
10 The Real Meaning of “Quickly Attaining Buddhahood”—Clarification of Section IV of Tannisho—
11 Funerals and Memorial Services Are Not for the Dead—Clarification of Section V of Tannisho—
12 No Disciples: Shinran’s Love for One and All—Clarification of Section VI of Tannisho—
13 What Happens When We Are Saved by Amida? —Clarification of Section VII of Tannisho—
14 The Great Faith and the Great Practice—Clarification of Section VIII of Tannisho—
15 “No Desire to Dance in Joy”: Shinran’s Lack of Joy Is Only Half the Story—Clarification of Section IX of Tannisho—
16 What Is “Namu Amida Butsu”? —Clarification of Section X of Tannisho—
17 The Reality of Self-Power and the Ocean of Other-Power Faith—Clarification of the Epilogue of Tannisho (1 of 2)—
18 The Universal Purpose of Life—Clarification of the Epilogue of Tannisho (2 of 2)—
Glossary
Bibliography
Map of Places That Appear in the Text
Timeline of the Development of Pure Land Buddhism
Appendix
Japanese Text of Tannisho
