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Shin Dharma Net - The purpose and mission of this website is to share information concerning the Shin Buddhist tradition and Pure Land Buddhism as it is presently practiced and interpreted by Shin communities in the West and Japan.

Amitabha Pureland Web - Site by an Australian group. Site has introduction to Buddhism and Pure Land Buddhism, buddha name recitation, extracts from Pure Land sutras and quotes. Details of Associations in Australia and worldwide learning centers.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to Amitabha Pureland Web ]

Buddhist Association of the United States - Chinese Pure Land Buddhist Organization.
Meta Description: [ The largest nonsectarian Buddhist association in US east coast, based in Carmel, NY, USA ]

Buddhist Churches of Canada - Official site of the Buddhist Churches of Canada
Meta Description: [ Official website of the association of Japanese Buddhist Churches of Canada. Name: Jodo Shinshu Honpa Hongwanji. Founder: Shinran Shonin (1173-1263). Buddha: Amida Buddha (Buddha of Infinite Light and Life). Teaching: Having awakened to the compassion of Amida Buddha and rejoicing in the assuranc... ]

Buddhist Faith Fellowship of Connecticut - Provides a caring, spiritual and open environment with Dharma-services, book discussion groups and outreach. Inspired by Shinran, we practice prayer, deep listening, mindfulness and the precepts.
Meta Description: [ This American Shin Buddhist congregation offers Shin and Zen practice at Wesleyan University, Memorial Chapel, Middletown Connecticut. This sangha is inspired by the reformer Shinran Shonin. ]

Collected works of Shinran Shonin - Collected works of Shinran Shonin on the web!
Meta Description: [ Online publication of the Collected Works of Shinran (1173-1263), founder of Jodo Shinshu, or Shin Buddhism ]

404 Dharma: The Pure Land Tradition - Introduction to the Pure Land tradition.

DharmaNet's Shin Buddhist InfoWeb - Online Buddhist Centers Information in the Jodo Shinshu/Pure Land Traditions

Hongaku Jodo Pure Land Buddhist Association - Book store site, meditation, Master Po pages, history, links, and comments.

IABC (International Association of Buddhist Culture) - International Association of Buddhist Culture - News, Activities and Publications

Institute of Buddhist Studies - IBS offers a systematic educational program specializing in Contemporary Shin Buddhist Studies and culminating in a fully accredited Master of Arts degree which is jointly administered with the GTU. On-Line Reading Room Available.
Meta Description: [ Institute of Buddhist Studies seeks to provide a program of education and training for students wishing to pursue a career in the Shin Buddhist ministry, and for those wishing to study the Shin Buddhist tradition at the graduate school level as well as to foster the development of Shin Buddhist t... ]

Introduction to Pureland - By J.C. Cleary. Reprinted from Pure Land Pure Mind Published by the Sutra Translation Committee of the U.S. and Canada.

Jodo-Shinshu Buddhism, Dharma for the Modern Age - The Nembutsu is Shakyamuni Buddha's teaching of Liberation from Samsara through refuge in Amida Buddha in the Age of Declining Dharma.
Meta Description: [ The Nembutsu is Shakyamuni Buddha's teaching of Liberation from Samsara through refuge in Amida Buddha in the Age of Declining Dharma. ]

Notes on the Nembutsu - Essays on Pure Land Buddhism, based around the Wasan (poems) of Shinran Shonin.
Meta Description: [ Essays based on the Pure Land Buddhist Wasan Songs of Shinran Shinin ]

404 PURE LAND - Journal of Pure Land Buddhism - The only international journal of Pure Land Buddhism in existence since 1984.

500 Pure Land and South Florida Buddhist Resources - This site is dedicated to Jodo Shu, Pure Land Buddhism, as taught by Honen Shonin.
Meta Description: [ Jodo Shu Pure Land Buddhism ]

Pure Land Buddhism WWW Virtual Library - The Internet Guide to Pure Land (Jingtu, Jodo, Shinshu) Online Resources.
Meta Description: [ Guide to the Internet resources on Pure Land Buddhism ]

Pure Land Buddhism: The Path of Serene Trust - Key concepts and origin of Pure Land Buddhism.

Ryukoku University Homepage (English) - Ryukoku University was founded as a boarding school in 1639 by the Hongwanji Buddhist denomination. Today the university has seven faculties, a Junior College and six graduate schools, distributed among two campuses in the city of Kyoto and one in nearby Shiga Prefecture. Among the approximately 18,000 students there are about 250 foreign students from many countries around the world.

Shin Buddhism in Modern Culture - Al Bloom's self-study course for exploring Shin Buddhism.

The True Pure Land School - Resources on Jodo-Shinshu, by Rev. Jerome Ducor.
Meta Description: [ Ressources sur le Bouddhisme veritable de la Terre Pure (Jodo-Shinshu) / Resources on True Pure Land Buddhism (Jodo-Shinshu), by Jerome Ducor ]

The Ultimacy of Jodo Shinshu: Shinran's Response to Tendai - By Alfred Bloom as published in The Pure Land.

What is Buddhism - Teachings of Chin Kung, Hwa Dzan Pure Land Learning Center, Taiwan. Large list of discourses.

404 Yuyu's Lounge - A follower of Shinshu Otani-ha (Shin Buddhism), haughtily presents his foolish understanding of Shinran Shonin's words. Personal page.