Jodo Shinshu

Brown Stringybark (Eucalyptus baxteri) Painting by Stan Kelly

The Seven Dharma Masters

The Dharma Masters of Shin Buddhism span the last two thousand years. They lived in India, China and Japan. They disseminated the Pure Land teachings to their own generations, and also recorded them for posterity.

• Bodhisattva Nagarjuna (about 150-250) - India
  'Chapter on Easy Practice' from the
  Commentary on the Ten Bodhisattva Stages
• Bodhisattva Vasubandhu (about 320-400) - India
  Treatise on the Pure Land
• Master T'an-luan (476-542) - China
  Commentary on the Treatise on the Pure Land
• Master Tao-ch'o (562-645) - China
  Passages on the Land of Happiness
• Master Shan-tao (613-681) - China
  Commentary on the Contemplation Sutra
• Master Genshin (942-1017) - Japan
  Essentials for Attaining Birth
• Master Genkû (Honen) (1133-1212) - Japan
  Passages on the Nembutsu Selected in the Primal Vow