Alfred Bloom (Buddhist)

Alfred Bloom (November 9, 1926 – August 25, 2017) was an American Shin Buddhism scholar, who pioneered Jōdo Shinshū studies in the English-speaking world. Quotes I found Buddhism to be more existential in character and not as concerned with doctrines to the extent I had encountered in my Christian experience. Buddhism understands the symbolic and provisional nature of human thought. The principle of not being attached to views and the understanding of egoism and delusion all gave me a different perspective on religious phenomena and experience. [Buddhist-Christian Studies vol. 10] Alfred Bloom - A Spiritual Odyssey_ My Encounter with Pure Land Buddhism (1990) Source: Buddhist-Christian Studies, Vol. 10 (1990), pp. 173-175 External links Category:1926 births Category:2017 deaths Category:Academics from the United States Category:Buddhists from the United States Category:Pure Land Buddhism