title: Honen's Senchakushu: Passages on the Selection of the Nembutsu in the Original Vow (Senchaku Hongan Nembutsu Shu) (Classics in East Asian Buddhism)
author: Honen
description: Text: English (translation)<br> Original Language: Japanese
zlib_text: A STANDARD OF SHINSHU FAITH 
  Ryosetsu Fujiwara 
  Jodo Shinshu Series No 2 
  Published by 
  Bureau of Buddhist Education 
  Buddhist Churches of America 
  San Francisco, California, 
  1963 
  
  TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  A STANDARD OF SHINSHU FAITH 
  Part I Preparatory knowledge of Shinshu ........ 3 
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  Part ill Function of the Name ........................ .11 
  Part IV Relation between Name and Vow ..... .15 
  Part V Nature of Faith ..................................... 20 
  Part VI Significance of Nembutsu ................... 25 
  Part Vll Effect of Faith .................................. .29 
  EXAMPLES OF UNORTHODOX FAITH IN SHINSHU .. .34 
  
  PART I- PREPARATORY KNOWLEDGE OF SHINHU 
  1. What is 'Jodo Shinshu'? 
  'Jodo Shinshu' is the teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha as it was 
  handed down through the religious understanding of Shinran. Shinran 
  lived in Japan from 1173 to 1262. 
  2. Are there other names for 'Jodo Shinshu'? 
  'Jodo Shinshu' is abbrevi