]> 2026-10-12T22:10:10-04:00 People/Blum, M. 0 en University of California at Berkeley Mark Blum, Professor and Shinjo Ito Distinguished Chair in Japanese Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, received his M.A. in Japanese Literature from UCLA and his Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies in 1990 from the University of California, Berkeley. He specializes in Pure Land Buddhism throughout East Asia, with a focus on the Japanese medieval period. He also works in the area of Japanese Buddhist reponses to modernism, Buddhist conceptions of death in China and Japan, historical consciousness in Buddhist thought, and the impact of the Nirvana Sutra (Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra) in East Asian Buddhism. He is the author of ''The Origins and Development of Pure Land Buddhism'' (2002), and co-editor of ''Rennyo and the Roots of Modern Japanese Buddhism'' (2005) and ''Cultivating Spirituality'' (2011), and his translation from Chinese of ''The Nirvana Sutra: Volume 1'' (2013). He is currently working on completing ''Think Buddha, Say Buddha: A History of Nenbutsu Thought, Practice, and Culture''. ([http://ealc.berkeley.edu/faculty/blum-mark Source Accessed May 31, 2019]) Person People 1990 - Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from the University of California, Berkeley File:Blum, Mark-berkeley website.jpg https://commons.tsadra.org/images/1/1b/Blum,_Mark-berkeley_website.jpg true true true File:Blum, Mark-berkeley website.jpg File:Blum, Mark-berkeley website.jpg Mark Blum;Mark;Blum;Blum, M. false Mark Blum Mark Blum Blum, Mark-berkeley website.jpg Blum, M. Mark Blum Mark Blum Professors University of California at Berkeley Modern Mark Blum, Professor and Shinjo Ito Distinguished Chair in Japanese Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, received his M.A. in Japanese Literature from UCLA and his Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies in 1990 from the University of California, Berkeley. He specializes in Pure Land Buddhism throughout East Asia, with a focus on the Japanese medieval period. He also works in the area of Japanese Buddhist reponses to modernism, Buddhist conceptions of death in China and Japan, historical consciousness in Buddhist thought, and the impact of the Nirvana Sutra (Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra) in East Asian Buddhism. He is the author of ''The Origins and Development of Pure Land Buddhism'' (2002), and co-editor of ''Rennyo and the Roots of Modern Japanese Buddhism'' (2005) and ''Cultivating Spirituality'' (2011), and his translation from Chinese of ''The Nirvana Sutra: Volume 1'' (2013). He is currently working on completing ''Think Buddha, Say Buddha: A History of Nenbutsu Thought, Practice, and Culture''. ([http://ealc.berkeley.edu/faculty/blum-mark Source Accessed May 31, 2019]) Blum, M.;;;Mark Blum;;;Mark Blum;Mark Blum;Blum, Mark 2019-05-31T17:35:14Z 2458635.2328009 2019-05-31T17:35:14Z 2458635.2328009 true People/Blum, M. 0 0 template commons 1 [[:Blum, M.]] People/Blum, M.# QUERY5459c7c4d5adea94fdb94e3816c60c1f 0 200 1 template 13 <q>[[BuNayAuthor::Blum, M.]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]] OR [[People::Blum, M.||People/Blum, M.]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]] OR [[Performer::People/Blum, M.]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]]</q> People/Blum, M.# QUERY6f3d558611b5d5cfcae6f5db2e1e51fb 0 200 1 template 3 [[Category:Library Items]] [[BuNayTopicTags::People/Blum, M.]] People/Blum, M.# QUERY7d0f3406c48243b408efbed67e19f924 Books/The Nirvana Sutra Volume I 0 en The Nirvana Sutra Volume I 0 The Nirvana Sutra Volume I# 3560d2ac888ea5608b89e0b29b7424df# 3560d2ac888ea5608b89e0b29b7424df Books/The Nirvana Sutra Volume I 0 en The Nirvana Sutra Volume I Blum, M. 0 en Blum, M. Translator 102 en Translator PersonPage 102 en PersonPage BuNayAuthor 102 en BuNayAuthor REDI 102 en REDI