Letter 1 |
Concerning Thought and No-thought |
Gutoku Shinran |
Kencho 3 [1251], Intercalary ninth month, 20th day |
Letter 2 |
Response to an Inquiry from the Nembutsu People of Kasama |
Gutoku Shinran |
Kencho 7 [1255], Tenth month, 3rd day |
Letter 3 |
To Shoshin-bo |
Gutoku Shinran |
Shoka 1 [1257] |
Letter 4 |
To Shinbutsu-bo |
Gutoku Shinran |
Shoka 1 [1257], Tenth month, 10th day |
Letter 5 |
On Jinen-Honi |
Gutoku Shinran |
Shoka 2 [1258], Twelfth month, 14th day |
Letter 6 |
To Joshin-bo |
Gutoku Shinran |
Bun’o [1260], Eleventh month, 13th day |
Letter 7 |
A Letter by Joshin-bo with reply by Shinran |
Joshin-bo, Gutoku Shinran |
[Year unknown] Second month, 25th day |
Letter 8 |
“Further, in the expounding of all the various scriptures…” |
Gutoku Shinran |
[Year unknown] Intercalary third month, 2nd day |
Letter 9 |
To Kyomyo-bo [The Vow and the Name are One] |
Gutoku Shinran |
[Year unknown] Fifth month, 5th day |
Letter 10 |
To Joshin-bo [You Must Realize that the Wisdom of Buddhas Surpasses Conceptual Understanding] |
Gutoku Shinran |
[Year unknown] Fifth month, 5th day |
Letter 11 |
Reply to Kakushin-bo |
Gutoku Shinran |
Fifth month, 28th day |
Letter 12 |
Reply to Yuamidabutsu |
Gutoku Shinran |
[Year unknown] Seventh month, 13th day |
Letter 13 |
Reply to Shinobu-bo |
Gutoku Shinran |
[Year unknown] Tenth month, 6th day |
Letter 14 |
A Letter by Kyoshin, reply by Shinran, reply by Ren’i |
Gutoku Shinran |
[Year unknown] Tenth month, 10th day, Tenth month, 29th day |
Letter 15 |
Reply to Joshin-bo |
Gutoku Shinran |
[Year unknown] Tenth month, 21st day |
Letter 16 |
“I have heard that, knowing nothing of the scriptures or of the true foundation of the Pure Land teaching, you are telling people who are appallingly self-indulgent and lacking in shame that a person should do evil just as he or she desires…” |
Gutoku Shinran |
[Year unknown] Eleventh month, 24th day |
Letter 17 |
Reply to Shinbutsu-bo |
Gutoku Shinran |
[Year unknown] Eleventh month, 25th day |
Letter 18 |
To Zuishin-bo |
Gutoku Shinran |
[Year unknown] Eleventh month, 26th day |
Letter 19 |
“I have written you often, but I wonder if you have seen my letters…. |
Gutoku Shinran |
[Year unknown] Date unknown. |
Letter 20 |
“I have received all the gifts from the various people as listed, and Myokyo-bo’s visit to Kyoto is truly welcome. “ |
Gutoku Shinran |
[Year unknown] Kencho 4 [1252], Eight month, 19th day |
Letter 21 |
Reply to Joshin-bo |
Gutoku Shinran |
[Year unknown] Second month, 25th day |
Letter 22 |
“The Sutra of the Treasure Name states: ‘The nembutsu of Amida’s Primal Vow is not our practice, it is not our good; it is simply keeping the Name of the Buddha.'” |
Gutoku Shinran |
Date unknown. |