Seattle Buddhist Temple. Learn about Jodo Shinshu Buddhism. This Betsuin is a member of the Buddhist Churches of America. Follows a form of Pure Land Buddhism advocated by Shinran Shonin.

SHINRAN AND JODOSHINSHU by Hisao Inagaki Based on the Inaugural Lecture for the Numata Chair at Leiden University, The Netherlands on April 7, 1992 (Revised in July, 1998) 1 Buddhism spread to the north-east beyond the borders of its homeland India, and reached China in the early centuries A.D. and from there Korea and Japan. The form of Buddhism which was introduced into those countries and ...