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Religion
  
Shin Buddhism

Name
  
Taitetsu Unno

Spouse
  
Alice

Role
  
Author


Children
  
Mark

Died
  
December 13, 2014

Title
  
ReverendDoctor

Based in
  
Northampton

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Born
  
February 5, 1929Japan (
1929-02-05
)

Education
  
Books
  
River of fire - river of water, Praying With Our Hands, Shin Buddhism: Bits of Ru, Tannisho: A Shin Buddhist

⚔ Top 6 Quotes of Taitetsu Unno - Author


Consumed with anger the world is an ugly place.


Taitetsu Unno was a scholar, lecturer, and author on the subject of Pure Land Buddhism. His work as a translator has been responsible for making many important Buddhist texts available to the English-speaking world and he is considered one of the leading authorities in the United States on Shin Buddhism, a branch of Pure Land Buddhism. Dr. Unno was an ordained Shin Buddhist minister and the founding Sensei of the Northampton Shin Buddhist Sangha.

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He published extensively on the subject of Pure Land Buddhism, his most famous works include: Shin Buddhism: Bits of Rubble Turn Into Gold; River of Fire, River of Water and Tannisho: A Shin Buddhist Classic.

Biography

Born in Japan in 1929, Taitetsu Unno immigrated to the United States at the age of six. During World War II he spent three and a half years imprisoned in the Rohwer internment camp in Arkansas, and Tule Lake in California. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in English literature and received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Buddhist Studies from Tokyo University.

From 1971 to 1998 he taught Buddhism and Japanese aesthetics and was the Jill Ker Conway Professor Emeritus of Religion at Smith College. He retired in December 1998. After his retirement, he continued to travel as a lecturer on Japanese Buddhism, religion, and culture.

Unno died on December 13, 2014.

Essays

  • “Is There a God? A Buddhist Answer” by Rev Taitetsu Unno
  • “Contrasting Images of the Buddha” by Rev Taitetsu Unno
  • References

    Taitetsu Unno Wikipedia


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