Pure Land Scriptures - translations
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(A) TRANSLATIONS
<SUTRAS>:

A tala tree with blossoms; in ancient India, leaves were used for copying sutras.

1. Larger Sutra, part 1;
2. Larger Sutra, part 2;
3. Contemplation Sutra ;
4. Amida Sutra (Kumarajiva's version);
5. Amida Sutra (Japanese & English)
6. Amida Sutra (Hsuan-tsang's version)
<PART OF THE SUTRA>
Forty-eight Vows

<WORKS BY INDIAN MASTERS>
=Nagarjuna= 1. Path of Easy Practice; 2. Twelve Adorations;
=Vasubandhu= Discourse on the Pure Land;

<WORKS BY CHINESE MASTERS>
=Shan-tao=
　　　Shan-tao 善導　□
1. Three Refuges (Kisanboge);
2. Liturgy for Birth (Ojoraisan);
3. Two Rivers and the White Path (Nigabyakudo); cf. another version; Chinese text
cf.2 another version with a picture
4. The Method of Contemplation on Amida (Kannenbomon)

<WORKS BY JAPANESE MASTERS>
=Genshin= Dharma Words at Yokawa;
=Honen=One-sheet Profession of Faith;

Portrait painting of Shinran by Ms Mutsu Yamashita in the 1960's

=Shinran=

1-a. Shoshin Nembutsu Ge with Chinese characters and
1-b.Shoshinge Nembutsu Ge English translation;
2. Nembutsu Shoshin Ge;
3.Wasan not included in the Three Collections;
4. Kyogyoshinsho-unabridged translation with thematic captions -
.....A: Preface, Teaching, Practice (part 1);
.....B: Practice (part 2);
.....C: Faith (part 1);
.... D: Faith (part 2);
.....E: Enlightenment;
.... F: Buddha and Land;
.... G: Transformed Buddha and Land (part 1);
.... H: Transformed Buddha and Land (part 2).

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