Welcome to the "Pure Land texts translations" page. This page lists texts in an ongoing Pure Land text translation project: a compilation of translations of Pure Land texts (both sūtras and commentaries) by Shaku Shingan. Please also see the accompanying Pure Land Glossary.

For the purposes of this collection and to limit its scope, it is limited to texts related to the Pure Land of Amitābha rather than those of other buddhas such as the Medicine Buddha.

As part of Shingan's Portals reproduction of Amida Net, translations by Hisao Inagaki are included here for reference, but marked after the Taishō numbers with a [b]. These will be supplemented, in time, by tarnslations by Shaku Shingan.

As an alternative layout of this list specific to the Jōdo Shinshū Seiten, please see the following page.

Translations from Sanskrit

1. The Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra

 Translations from Chinese

Infinite Life Sūtra

T360.[b] The Larger Sutra on Amitayus delivered by Shakyamuni Buddha (Saṅghavarman)
T361.
T362.
T363.
T364.

Commentaries on the Infinite Life Sūtra

T1745.
T1746.
T1747.
T1748.
T2759.
T2760.

Sūtra on the Contemplation of the Buddha of Infinite Life

T365. The Sūtra on the Contemplation of the Buddha of Infinite Life
T365.[b] The Sutra on Contemplation of Amitayus delivered by Shakyamuni Buddha

Commentaries on the Sūtra on the Contemplation of the Buddha of Infinite Life

T1749.
T1750.
T1751.
T1752.
T1753. Commentary on the Sūtra on Contemplation of Amitayus (Shandao)
T1754.

Amita Sūtra

T366.  The Amita Sūtra Spoken by the Buddha (Kumārajīva)
T366.[b] The Sutra on Amida Buddha delivered by Shakyamuni Buddha (Kumārajīva)
T367.[b] The Sutra on the Praise of the Pure Land and Protection by Buddhas (Xuanzang)

Commentaries on the Amita Sūtra

T1755.
T1756.
T1757.
T1758.
T1759.
T1760.
T1761.
T1762.

Pure Land Dhāraṇī Sūtras

T368.
T369.
T370. The Sūtra of the Dhāraṇī of the King of the Sound of Amitābha's Drum
T371.
T372.
T373.

Esoteric Pure Land Sūtras

T929.
T930. The Method of Contemplating and Making Offerings to Amitāyus Tathāgata Vidhi
T931.
T932.
T933. The Nine Grades of Rebirth Amita Samādhi Dhāraṇī Sūtra
T934.
T935.
T936.
T397.

Pure Land Treatises

T1521.[b] Path of Easy Practice, the Ninth Chapter of the Discourse on the Ten Stages (Nāgārjuna)
T1524.
T1819.
T1959.[b] The Method of Contemplation on Amida (Shandao)
T1963.[b] Discourse on the Pure Land (Vimalakīrti)
T1980.[b] Liturgy for Birth (Shandao)
T1980*.[b] Three Refuges (Shandao)
X57.[b] Twelve Adorations (Nāgārjuna)
Genshin.[b] Dharma Words at Yokawa

Japanese Sūtra Commentaries

T2207.
T2208A.
T2208B.
T2208C.
T2209.
T2210.

Jōdo & Jōdo Shin Shū Treatises

Hōnen.[b] One-sheet Profession of Faith

T2608.
...
T2646. The Kyōgyōshinshō
[b] Preface, Teaching, Practice, Faith, Enlightenment, True Buddha and Land, Transformed Buddhas and Lands
T2679. The Essence of the Determination of the Settled Mind
T2680. 

Original Works

In Praise of Infinite Life: Verses Inspired by the Jōdo Shinshū Liturgy

Translations of Modern Works

From Śākyamuni Tathāgata to Shinran Shōnin, by Takakusu Junjirō