About Shingan's Portal

Introduction

Shingan's Portal is a source of Buddhist resources by Shaku Shingan. Shaku Shingan is a Mahāyāna Buddhist practitioner, who has spent several years developing ways to read, understand, and introduce Mahāyāna sūtras and thought to a wider audience. He currently focuses on preparing materials to aid with understanding Mahāyāna sūtra materials. On-going projects include the publication of accessible and non-academic sūtra translations from Sanskrit and Chinese, as well as more general books and other resources which can introduce Mahāyāna Buddhism to a wider audience.

Current Projects

Publications

Contact

For questions and comments, please feel free to contact me at the following email address:

shakushingan@gmail.com

Updates:

• 21.4.2025 — Translation of T1 The Longer Āgama Sūtras' Division 2, "The Great Means of Conditions Sūtra" (13) "10. Śakra's Questions Sūtra" (14).

• 7.4.2025 — Translation of T125 The Increasing-by-One Āgama Sūtras' "32. The Accumulation of Good" sūtra no. 4, completed.

• 31.1.2025 — Translation of T2679 The Essence of the Determination of the Settled Mind mirrored from Dharmakāya Books.

• 12.28.2024 — Translation of The Connected Āgama Sūtras' "20. The Connected Discourses on Kṣatriyas" completed.

• 20.12.2024 — Translation of From Śākyamuni Tathāgata to Shinran Shōnin by Takakusu Junjirō completed.

• 19.12.2024 — Translation of T195 The Sūtra of the Life of the Buddha up to the Twelfth Year of His Career completed.

• 27.10.2024 — Translation of T366 The Amita Sūtra Spoken by the Buddha completed.

• 23.8.2024 — Translation of T2432 The Oral Transmission of Practical Instructions for Meditation on the Syllable 𑖀 (A) completed.

• 4.6.2024 — Translation of The Connected Āgama Sūtra's "15. The Connected Discourses on Training" completed.

• 3.4.2024 — Translation of The Heart Dhāraṇī of Gaṇapati completed.

• 25.3.2024 — Translation of T1049 The Noble Six-Syllable Life-Prolonging Mahāvidyā Dhāraṇī Sūtra completed.

• 13.3.2024 — Translation of T1150 The Dharma Rite of Dharmacakrapravartin Mārapramardana Bodhisattva completed.

• 24.12.2023 — Translation of T306 "The Section on the Cultivation of Kindness" from the Mahāvaipulya Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra completed.

• 23.12.2023 — Translation of T115 The Sūtra on the Eight States of a Horse as a Parable for People and T96 The Sūtra on the Control of the Mind completed.

• 31.10.2023 — Translation of T930 The Method of Contemplating and Making Offerings to Amitāyus Tathāgata Vidhi completed.

• 30.10.2023 — Pure Land text translations page made a subsection of the sūtra translations page, so all translations are now listed in the sūtra translations menu. Home Page reorganised.

• 28.10.2023 — Sūtra Translations page reorganised.

• 26.10.2023 — Translation of T1019 The Gate of Visualisation of the Forty-Two Letters completed.

• 24.4.2023 — In Praise of Infinite Life: Verses Inspired by the Jōdo Shinshū Liturgy published.

• 22.12.2022 — Translation of T792 Sūtra on the Reception of Defilement of Dharmas completed.

• 5.11.2022 — Translation of T933 The Nine Grades of Rebirth Amita Samādhi Dhāraṇī Sūtra completed.

• 9.7.2022 — Translation of The Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra completed.

• 21.3.2022 — Translation of T626; 508; 509; 510 The King Ajātaśatru Sūtra published.

• 17.1.2022 — Translation of T494 Ānanda's Seven Dreams Sūtra completed.

• 22.12.2021 — Translation of T312 The Secrets of the Tathāgata published.

• 30.8.2021 — Translation of T370 The Sūtra of the Dhāraṇī of the King of the Sound of Amitābha's Drum completed.

Roadmap:

• 2024 — After finishing preparing materials for the Tathāgataguhya and Samādhirāja, the Learning the Navagrantha project will be fully integrated into Shingan's portal and updated.

  • When completed, a book project Learning the Navagrantha: A Journey Through the Mahāyāna (tentative title) will begin, aiming for publication in 2025.