SHIN BUDDHIST

--Magazine of Shin Buddhists --

No. 5


March 2000


CONTENTS

i Editorial
iii Frontispiece (A Wasan)
v A Reflection on the Wasan (by H. Kadoko)


I. The Tenth European Shin Buddhist Conference
-- at the Wadham College, Oxford, U.K., August 5 - 9, 1998:

3 < Pictures of the Conference >
5 Messages:
5 Kojun OHTANI, the Shinmon, Honganji
7 Joryu CHIBA, Chairperson, the IABC
9 Reports:
9 Brief Report, H. Ishida
13 Overview from inside, Jim PYM
22 Reflections on the Shin Conference at Oxford, Richard RUSSEL
30 Shinshu and the Poetry of Fernand Pressoa
Gustavo PINTO
57 Buddhism and AIDS
Jérôme DUCOR
64 Meanings of No Meaning: a Reflection on Methods of Presenting Shinran's Writing in English
Eisho NASU
79 Entrusting Oneself to a Vision: Archetypes of Self And Non-self
David BRAZIER
89 Shinjin in Daily Life as Taught by Shinran and Rennyo
Esho SASAKI
101 Jodoshinshu and the Turning of My Western Mind
Ruth TABRAH
108 Message to the 10th ESC
Adrian PEEL


II. Attending the BCA Centennial Celebration:
113 Charcoal Has Been Lit
Hoyu ISHIDA
119 BCA Centennial
Angela Andrade
120 Nembutsu that Has Been Passed Down -- Centennial
Taishin Kawasoe
122 Voices
Kanjo Asuka
124 The BCA Centennial: Looking Back, Proceeding Forward
Lisa Grumbach
127 Jodoshinshu
Cynthia Shimazu
129 The First day of the Ninth Month
Harry Bridge


III. Essays and Poems:
133 Insects
Richard RASSEL
135 Listening to Sutras
Marcus CUMBERLEGE
139 To Amida I am Unforgettable
Steve LANE
141 Poems and Other Writings
Jerry BOLICK


IV. Condolence:
152 Rev. André Chevrier: Sennen-in Shaku Jôdô
Jérôme DUCOR

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