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'''Dr. Dennis Hirota''' is a professor in the Department of Shin [[Buddhist Studies|Buddhism]] at [[Ryukoku University]] in [[Kyoto, Japan]]. He was born in Berkeley, California in 1946 and received his B.A. from [[University of California, Berkeley]]. In 2008, he was a visiting professor of Buddhism<ref>[http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k21071&pageid=icb.page103338 Harvard Buddhist Studies Forum]</ref> at [[Harvard Divinity School]] where his studies focused on the Buddhist monk [[Shinran]].<ref>[http://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/research-appointments/past-affiliates/past-affiliates-d-h Center for the Study of World Religions Past Affiliates]</ref><br />
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He has worked extensively as a translator and editor of Buddhist works. He is particularly known for his translation work in ''The Collected Works of Shinran''. He has also published numerous books and articles, in both English and Japanese, on [[Pure Land Buddhism]] and Buddhist aesthetics.<br />
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==Resources==<br />
*[http://www.shinranworks.com/ The Collected Works of Shinran]<br />
*[http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?cat=65 Podcasts of a six-part lecture series] on [[Shinran]] given at the [[Institute of Buddhist Studies]] at Berkeley.<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091204110650/http://www.shindharmanet.com/writings/barth.htm ''Shinran, Barth, and Religion: Engagement with Religious Language as an Issue of Comparative Theology'']<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*''Living in Amida's Universal Vow: Essays on Shin Buddhism'' [contributor] ([[World Wisdom]], 2004)<br />
*''Wind in the Pines: Classic Writings of the Way of Tea as a Buddhist Path'' (Asian Humanities Press, 2002) {{ISBN|978-0-89581-910-9}}<br />
*''Toward a Contemporary Understanding of Pure Land Buddhism: Creating a Shin Buddhist Theology in a Religiously Plural World'' (State University of New York Press, 2000) {{ISBN|978-0-7914-4530-3}}<br />
*''No Abode: The Record of Ippen'' (University of Hawaii Press, 1998) {{ISBN|978-0-8248-1997-2}}<br />
*''Shinran: An Introduction to His Thought'' (Hongwanji International Center, 1989)<br />
*''Tannisho: A Primer'' (Ryukoku University, 1982)<br />
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