Jōdo Wasan – by Shinran Shonin

Shinran Shonin, at age 76 (1248), wrote the Jodo and Koso wasan, the first Hymns in Japanese. These Hymns are a wonderful insight into Shinran…

The Three Pure Land Sutras

In Jodo Shinshu we recognize the following scriptures as fundamental to our teaching. It is through these scriptures that Shinran Shonin and The Seven Patriarchs…

The Collected Works of Shinran (CWS)

The Collected Works of Shinran (CWS) is one of the most valuable Shin Buddhist resources. It is the go-to source of reference for ‘Practicers’ of…

About this site

Welcome to jodoshinshu.faith – a resource built by and for “fellow practicers” of Jodo Shinshu There are a LOT of Jodo Shinshu (Shin Buddhist) resources…

The Teaching of Buddha

Everything in the world is a result of a concurrence of causes and conditions, and everything disappears as these causes and conditions change and pass…

Recommended Reading

Thanks to the efforts of so many, we have a wealth of reading available in English (and other languages). If you are new to learning…