Buddhist history abounds with teachers who led inspiring lives and shed new light on the Dharma, bringing it alive for the times and societies in which they lived. In this series we will be looking at a selection of these figures from the Triratna Refuge Tree, exploring how we can bring elements of their approach into our own practice to make it more vivid and effective. Vimaladasa will be introducing a mysterious figure from medieval Japan,Shinran, who inspired a Pureland tradition centred on the path of self-surrender.