Akamatsu Toshihide. Shinran. Tokyo, 1969. A detailed survey of Shinran’s life.
Akamatsu Toshihide and Kasahara Kazuo, eds. Shinshushi gaisetsu. Kyoto, 1963. A collection of essays on Kamakura Buddhism, the life of Shinran, and the development of Shinshu institutions.
Amstutz, Galen Interpreting Amida: History and Orientalism in the Study of Pure Land Buddhism (SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies) (Paperback - 1 Mar 1997)
Andreasen, Esben Popular Buddhism in Japan: Shin Buddhist Religion and Culture (A Latitude 20 Book) (Paperback - 31 Jan 1991)
Aoki, Shinmon - Coffinman: The Journal of a Buddhist Mortician (Buddhist Education Center) (2004)
Bloom, Alfred. The Life of Shinran Shonin: The Journey to Self-Acceptance. Leiden, 1968. A critical examination of issues of Shinran’s biography.
Bloom, Alfred, Shinran’s Gospel of Pure Grace (Monographs of the Association for Asian Studies, No 20) (Paperback - Dec 1965)
Bloom, Alfred, Shoshinge: The Heart of Shin Buddhism (Paperback - Nov 1986)
Bloom, Alfred, Living in Amida’s Universal Vow: Essays on Shin Buddhism (Perennial Philosophy) (Paperback - Jun 2004)
Blum, Mark L. The Origins and Development of Pure Land Buddhism: A Study and Translation of Gyonen’s Jodo Homon Genrusho (Hardcover - 31 Oct 2000)
Blum, Mark L. and Yasutomi, Shinya Rennyo and the Roots of Modern Japanese Buddhism (Hardcover - Sep 2005)
Chilson, Clark. “Born-Again Buddhists: Twentieth-Century Initiation Rites of Secretive Shinshu Societies in Central Japan.” Studies in Central and East Asian Religions 11 (1999): 18–36.
Dobbins, James Carter, The emergence of orthodoxy : a historical study
of heresy in the early Jodo Shinshu - Ann Arbor : University Microfilms
International , 1985. <20428779>
Dobbins, James C, Jodo Shinshu: Shin Buddhism in Medieval Japan (Pure Land Buddhist Studies) (Paperback - 30 April 2002)
Dobbins, James C. Letters of the Nun Eshinni: Images of Pure Land Buddhism in Medieval Japan (Hardcover - 31 Oct 2004)
Fujieda, Koju Dewdrops of Dharma: Forty- Eight Buddhist Viewpoints (2006)
Fujiwara, Ryosetsu, The way to Nirvana: The concept of the Nembutsu in Shan-tao’s Pure Land Buddhism (Unknown Binding - 1974)
Fujiwara, Ryosetsu, The development of the practice of nembutsu - San Francisco, Bureau of Buddhist Education : Buddhist Churches of America , 1962. - (Jodo Shinshu Series ; 1). <20428768>
Futaba Kenko. Shinran no kenkyu. Kyoto, 1962. An analysis of social and religious issues related to the life of Shinran
Hamada, Russell etc, Rites of passage : death - Los Angeles :
Nembutsu Press , c1986. <20281195>
Hamada, Russell etc, Traditions of Jodoshinshu Hongwanji-ha - third
printing. - Los Angeles : Senshin Buddhist Temple, 1984. <20281214>
Hasegawa, Atsuko and Shiraki, Nancy S, Hosha: a pictorial history of
Jodo Shinshu women in Hawaii - Honolulu : Hawaii Federation of Honpa
Hongwanji , 1989. <20280870>
Hee-Sung Keel, Understanding Shinran (Nanzan Studies in Asian Religions)
(Paperback - 25 Mar 1996)
Hirose, Takashi Lectures on Shin Buddhism (Higashi Honganji 1980)
Hirota, Dennis, 1989, Plain Words on the Pure Land Way, Ryukoku University & The Buddhist Bookstore, San Francisco
Hirota, Dennis & Ueda, Yoshifumi, Shinran: An Introduction to his Thought
Hirota, Dennis, Toward a Contemporary Understanding of Pure Land Buddhism (SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies) (Hardcover - April 2000)
Hirota, Dennis - Plain Words on the Pure Land Way (Ryukoku University)
Inagaki, Hisao - Nagarjuna’s Discourse on the Ten Stages (Nagata Bunshodo)
Inagaki, Hisao - T’an-Luan’s Commentary on Vasubandhu’s Discourse on the Pure Land (Nagata Bunshodo)
Inagaki, Hisao, (ed) A record in lament of divergences: a translation
of the Tannisho - 2nd ed. - Kyoto : Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha ,
c2005. - (Shin Buddhism translation series). <21287760>
Ienaga Saburo. Shinran Shonin gyojitsu. Kyoto, 1948. A chronological outline of Shinran’s life and activities with important textual references.
Ingram, Paul O. The Dharma of Faith: An Introduction to Classical Pure Land Buddhism. Washington, D. C., 1977. A study of Shinran’s teaching set in the context of Buddhist tradition; includes a study of Rennyo.Itsuki, Hiroyuki and Robert, Joseph Tariki: Embracing Despair, Discovering Peace (Hardcover - 1 Sep 2001)
Kakehashi, Jitsuen, Bearer of the Light (Pure Land Publications, LA) (1999)
Kanamatsu Kenryo and Unno Tetsuo, Naturalness: a Classic of Shin Buddhism (Spiritual Classics) (Paperback - April 2002)
Kasahara Kazuo. Shinran to togoku nomin. Tokyo, 1957. A study of Shinran’s life in the context of the social development of the Kanto area.
Kiyozawa, Manshi - December Fan (Higashi Honganji)
Kubose, Gyomay - The Center Within (Heian International) (1986)
Kubose, Gyomay - Bright Dawn (Dharma House) (2004)
Kyukai, Ken and S. Takuwa, Perfect Freedom in Buddhism: An Exposition of the Words of Shinran, Founder of the Shin Sect, the Largest Buddhist School in Japan
(Paperback - Jun 1986)
Lee, Kenneth Doo Young, The Prince and Monk: Shotoku Worship in Shinran’s Buddhism (Paperback - 8 Feb 2007)
Machida, Soho and Mentzas, Ioannis, Renegade Monk: Honen and Japanese Pure Land Buddhism (Hardcover - 1 April 1999)
Matsumoto, Shoji and Tabrah, Ruth, The Natural Way of Shin Buddhism
(Paperback - Dec 1993)
Matsuno Junko. Shinran. Tokyo, 1959. A detailed study of Shinran’s life.Nakasone, Ronald, Ethics of Enlightenment: In Search of a Buddhist Ethic (Paperback - 12 Nov 1992)
The Pure Land Tradition: History and Development (Berkeley Buddhist Studies)
(Hardcover - Jul 1996) by James Harlan Foard, Michael Solomon, and Richard K. Payne
Payne, Richard K. and Tanaka, Kenneth K, Approaching the Land of Bliss: Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitabha (Studies in East Asian Buddhism)
(Hardcover - 31 Oct 2003)
O’Gui, Sensei, Zen Shin Talks, Paperback - 25 Jun 1998
Rogers, Minor and Rogers, Ann, Rennyo: Second Founder of Shin Buddhism (Nanzan Studies in Asian Religions) (Paperback - Oct 1991)
Shigefuji, Shinei. Nembutsu in Shinran and His Teachers: A Comparison. Toronto, 1980. A detailed examination of Shinran’s teachings in relation to the Pure Land tradition.Smith, Joel R. “Human Insufficiency in Shinran and Kierkegaard.” Asian Philosophy 6 (July 1996): 117–128.
Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro, Buddha of Infinite Light: The Teachings of Shin Buddhism, the Japanese Way of Wisdom and Compassion (Paperback - 1 Mar 2002)
Suzuki, D. T., trans. The Kyogyoshinsho by Gutoku Shaku Shinran. Edited by the Eastern Buddhist Society. Kyoto, 1973.
Tabrah, Ruth M, The Monk Who Dared: A Novel About Shinran (Paperback - Jun 1995)
Takahatake, Takamichi, Young Man Shinran (S R Supplements)
(Paperback - 5 Oct 1987)
Tanaka, Kenneth Kenichi, Ocean: An Introduction to Jodo-Shinshu Buddhism in America (Paperback - Dec 1997)
Tanaka, Kenneth K. and Nasu, Eisho (Ed), Engaged Pure Land Buddhism :
the challenges of Jodo-Shinshu in the contemporary world : studies in
honor of professor Alfred Bloom - Berkeley, Calif. : WisdomOcean
Publications , c1998. <21270545>
Ueda Yoshifumi, ed. and trans. The Letters of Shinran: A Translation of Mattosho. Kyoto, 1978. A translation of Shinran’s major letters, with explanatory introduction.
Ueda, Yoshifumi, and Dennis Hirota. Shinran: An Introduction to His Thought. Kyoto, 1989.Unno, Taitetsu, River of Fire, River of Water, Paperback - April 1998
Unno, Taitetsu, Shin Buddhism: Bits of Rubble Turn Into Gold (Paperback - Sep 2002)
Yakumo, Chijun - Thankyou Namu Amida Butsu (Nembutsu Press, LA) (1995)
Yamaoka, Seigen H. The transmission of shin buddhism in the west : jodo shinshu
religious educational process - [San Francisco] : c2005. <21286446
Sect Publications:
Jodo Shinshu : an introduction to the Authentic Pure Land teaching. -
Kyoto : Otani University , 1961. <20337882>
The jodoshinshu book / adapted from Jodoshinshu Monto Hikkei :
illustrations by Keizo Norimoto. - Los Angeles : The Nembutsu Press ,
[1975?]. <20401532>
Jodo Shinshu guide book - Honolulu : Honpa Hongwanji Mission of
Hawaii , 1960. <20400345>
Jodo Shinshu handbook for laymen : a translation of jinsei no toi - compiled by education department Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha.. - Kyoto :
Hongwanji International Center , 1982. <20286646>
Jodo Shinshu Series. - San Francisco, Bureau of Buddhist Education :
Buddhist Churches of America. <10018144>
Jodoshinshu Hongwanjiha / Masao Kodani editor. - Los Angeles : Senshin
Buddhist Temple , 1991. <20281228>
Shinran in the contemporary world / by the Nishi Hongwanji Commission
on the Promotion of Religious Education. - Kyoto : Jodo Shinshu Nishi
Hongwanji , 1974. <20103094>
Shinshu Seiten : Jodo shin Buddhist teaching - California : Buddhist
Churches of America , 1978. <20286070>
A standard of Shinshu faith - San Francisco, Bureau of Buddhist
Education : Buddhist Churches of America , 1963. - (Jodo Shinshu Series 2). <20401542>
Synopsis of the Jodo Shinshu creed - compiled by the Educational
Department of the West Hongwanji Bureau of Affairs. - Kyoto : West
Hongwanji , 1920. <20527888>
Canonical Texts, and books containing extracts from canonical materials:
Shinran Shonin’s writings
Tannishō (record of Shinran’s words written by Yuien)- The Essential Teachings of Shinran: The Path of True Entrusting by Alfred Bloom (World Wisdom, Paperback - 1 Nov 2006)
Tannishō, translated by Unno, Taitetsu, Buddhist Study Center, June 1996Living Dharma
Tannisho: AND Rennyo Shonin Ofumi (Center Books) by Shinran and Numata Center for Buddhist Translation a (Hardcover - May 2006)
The Three Pure Land Sutras (BDK English Tripitaka Translation) by Numata Center for Buddhist Translation a and Hisao Inagaki (Hardcover - May 2006)
Amida Buddha & His Pure Land: Three Sutras & One Treatise by Kenjo S. Urakami, Vasubandhu, and Tatsubun Matsunami (Hardcover - Sep 1996)
Larger Sukhāvativyuha Sūtra, The, Illustrated version translated by Ingaki, Hisao Amida Net - A Comprehensive Website of Shin Buddhism
Ofumi, found in Tannishō: Passages Deploring Deviations of Faith and Rennyo Shonin Ofumi: The Letters of Rennyo, translated by Ann T. Rogers and Minor L. Rogers, Numata Center for Buddhist Translation & Rese , 1996
Honen the Buddhist Saint: Essential Writings and Official Biography (Spiritual Masters: East and West) by Joseph A. Fitzgerald (Paperback - Oct 2006)
Honen’s “Senchakushu”: Passages on the Selection of the Nembutsu in the Original Vow (Classics in East Asian Buddhism) by Honen, Senchajushu English Translation Project, and Senchakushu English Translation Project, Paperback - 31 Dec 1998
Senchaku Hongan Nembutsu Shu (BDK English Tripitaka Translation) by Honen and Numata Center for Buddhist Translation a (Hardcover - May 2006)
Kyōshin
Jishin
