A Buddhist Glossary
Following each Buddhist term are the various definitions, with the sources of each definition listed.
- Hongan
- "Original Prayer"
- Kyo-Gyo-Shin-Sho - Daisetsu T. Suzuki
- "Original Vow"
- (odo Wasan - Ryukoku Translation Center 1965
- Tannisho, Eastern Buddhist XIII-1 - Rev. Shojun Bando & Dr. Harold Stewert, 1980
- Tannisho - Ryukoku Translation Center 1962
- "Primal Vow"
- Notes on Once-calling and Many-calling, <Ichinen Tanen Mon-i>- Hongwanji International Center 1979;
- Hymns of the Pure Land , <Jodo Wasan> - Hongwanji International Center 1991
- Hymns of the Pure Land Masters, <Koso Wasan> - Hongwanji International Center 1992
- Tannisho - Rev. Taitetsu Unno, Hawaii Buddhist Center 1984)
- "working of Primal Vow"
- Hymns of the Pure Land Masters, <Koso Wasan> - Hongwanji International Center 1992)
- Shinjin
- "entrusting of oneself"
- Tannisho - Dr. Dennis Hirota 1982
- "Faith"
- Jodo Wasan - Ryukoku Translation Center 1965
- Koso Wasan - Ryukoku Translation Center 1974
- Tannisho - Ryukoku Translation Center 1962
- "Heart of Faith"
- Tannisho, Eastern Buddhist XIII-1 - Rev. Shojun Bando & Dr. Harold Stewert, 1980
- "mind of faith"
- Koso Wasan - Ryukoku Translation Center 1974
- "realization"
- Letters of Shinran, <Mattosho> - Hongwanji International Center 1978
- "shinjin"
- Hymns of the Pure Land Masters, <Koso Wasan> - Hongwanji International Center 1992
- Hymns of the Pure Land , <Jodo Wasan> - Hongwanji International Center 1991
- Notes on Once-calling and Many-calling, <Ichinen Tanen Mon-i>
- - Hongwanji International Center 1979
- "true entrusting"
- Tannisho - Rev. Taitetsu Unno, Hawaii Buddhist Center 1984
- "Through the Primal Vow of Amida Buddha, a person is brought to the realization of shinjin [faith]...Shinjin is the mind of Amida that is given to beings through the Primal Vow. Upon realizing shinjin, we enter the life of the nembutsu - the life of saying the Name of Amida Buddha - and without any contrivance or self-will, we are brought naturally to attainment of supreme Buddhahood in the Pure Land when life ends."
- Passage from Otani Koshin at the symposium, "Shin Buddhism and Christianity; Textual and Contextual Translation," at Harvard Divinity School in April 1984)
- Rennyo - Minor Rogers, Asian Humanities Press 1994
Work on this page is still in progress. You can also check Dr. Taitetsu Unno's Tannisho Glossary. Meanwhile, for related info on Buddhism, check out the What is Buddhism, Common Misconceptions and Library pages.
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