Shinran (1173-1263) is one of the most important thinkers of Japanese Buddhist history and is regarded as the founder of its largest sect, the True Pure Land School (Jodo Shinshu). His teaching of 'Other Power' is a deep meditation on the place of human will and receptivity in spiritual practice and on the path towards liberation. Nagapriya gives a contemporary audience access to Shinran's thirteenth-century religious perspective.
