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Taitetsu Unno
Reverend Taitetsu Unno | |
|---|---|
| Title | Reverend Doctor |
| Personal life | |
| Born | February 5, 1929 Japan |
| Died | December 13, 2014 (aged 85) |
| Spouse | Alice |
| Children | Mark T. Unno |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley Tokyo University |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Shin Buddhism |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Masao Hanada, Yoshifumi Ueda |
| Based in | Northampton, Massachusetts |
Taitetsu Unno (海野 大徹 Unno Taitetsu) was a scholar, lecturer, and author on the subject of Pure Land Buddhism. His work as a translator has been responsible for making many important Buddhist texts available to the English-speaking world and he is considered one of the leading authorities in the United States on Shin Buddhism, a branch of Pure Land Buddhism.[1] Dr. Unno was an ordained Shin Buddhist minister and the founding Sensei of the Northampton Shin Buddhist Sangha in Massachusetts.
He published extensively on the subject of Pure Land Buddhism, his most famous works include: Shin Buddhism: Bits of Rubble Turn Into Gold, River of Fire, River of Water, and Tannisho: A Shin Buddhist Classic.
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