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  • Kido, Shuri, 1959- author.
     
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    Sculpting the Buddha within : the life and thought of Shinjo Ito / Shuri Kido.
    by Kido, Shuri, 1959- author.
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    Somerville, MA : Wisdom, [2019]
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  • Itō, Shinjō, 1906-1989.
  •  
  • Acalanātha-Vidyārāja (Buddhist deity) -- Cult -- Japan.
  •  
  • Shinnyo-en -- Biography.
  •  
  • Buddhists -- Japan -- Biography.
  •  
  • Buddhist priests -- Japan -- Biography.
  •  
  • Buddhist cults -- Japan -- History -- 20th century.
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  • Buddhism -- Japan -- History -- 20th century.
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    9781614296195 (paperback ; alkaline paper) :
    1614296197 (paperback ; alkaline paper) :
    Description: 
    xxiii, 257 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
    Contents: 
    Foreword: In remembrance of Shinjo Ito / by the Most Venerable Etai Yamada -- Introduction: Shinjo's Nirvana sutra: the practice of Shinnyo, by H.H. Shinso Ito -- Boyhood in Yamanashi -- A young man in Tokyo -- Settling down -- Heeding the call to service -- Cultivating a philosophy and practice -- Laying foundations -- Transformed by suffering and hardship -- Growing a community around Achala -- Attaining mastery -- Becoming independent -- Tested by crisis and loss -- Reaping the fruits of philosophy and practice -- Creating art to awaken the Buddha in others -- Setting Shinnyo-en apart -- The flower of Shinnyo-en blossoms and Shinjo passes away -- Epilogue: Shinjo's lineage endures -- Afterword: Harmony and diversity / by H.H. Shinso Ito.
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    "This religious biography of Shinjo Ito, the founder of Shinnyo Buddhism, takes the reader from the master's earliest childhood to his passing, mapping his spiritual evolution through the social and political upheavals of wartime Japan and numerous personal struggles and tragedies, as well as Shinnyo-en's growth from humble, tentative beginnings to its current position as a third, distinct school of Japanese esoteric Buddhism with over 1 million followers worldwide. Contains 73 photos"--
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