Shinran and His Work

Front Matter
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
section 52. Amida, it is said, has two qualities (toku) w...
section 53. Of the "Might accruing to Amida from His Grea...
section 54. Sin is an abstract thing (mukei), in the sens...
section 57. Both Shinran and Rennyo insisted on the supre...
section 58. Faith comes by hearing. Whenever a man hears ...
section 59. What feelings are ours when we have thus lear...
section 60. The object with which we put our trust in the...
section 61. Faith is given to us: it is not of ourselves....
section 62. It is true that the word shinjin, may be tran...
section 63. It may be asked, Is not this 'coming in perfe...
section 69. Where then does Karma operate? "It is a case ...
section 65. The faith which we thus receive and accept
section 66. Of this power we are assured by Faith, the Sy...
section 67. Some may think that it is necessary first to ...
section 69. We must beware lest we presume to say of any ...
section 70. And, similarly, we must be on our guard again...
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.

section 69. We must beware lest we presume to say of any living man that, because he has received this lively Faith, therefore he has attained to the perfection of Buddhahood. All we can is, that the perfect seed has been planted, that the sowing is complete. 'His seed remaineth in him,' but it needs the sun and rain to bring its fruit to perfection.