caption death_date religion children birth_place color location title background birth_date spouse article_title education name occupation
author and translator 13 december 2014 shin buddhism mark japan black northampton , massachusetts reverend doctor #ffd 068 05 february 1929 alice taitetsu unno
 university of california , berkeley tokyo university reverend taitetsu unno retired
taitetsu unno

taitetsu unno 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 .
dr. unno was an ordained shin buddhist minister and the founding sensei of the northampton shin buddhist sangha .
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 '' .
