![]() ![]() After situating the ideas and practices in the context of the actual living conditions of 13th-century Japan, Dobbins examines the portrayal of women in Pure Land Buddhism, the great range of lifestyles found among medieval women and nuns, and how they constructed a meaningful religious life amid negative stereotypes. Readers will come away with a new perspective on Pure Land scholarship and a vivid image of Eshinni and the world in which she lived. He provides a complete translation of the letters and an explication of them that reveals the character and flavor of early Shin Buddhism. Dobbins, a leading scholar of Pure Land Buddhism, has made creative use of these letters to shed new light on life and religion in medieval Japan. Dobbins is professor of religion and East Asian studies at Oberlin College.Įshinni (1182-1268?), a Buddhist nun and the wife of Shinran (1173-1262), the celebrated founder of the True Pure Land, or Shin, school of Buddhism, was largely unknown until the discovery of a collection of her letters in 1921. Letters of the Nun Eshinni: Images of Pure Land Buddhism in Medieval Japan ![]()
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