Nichiren, the Buddhist prophet
By: by Masaharu Anesaki
Publisher: Harvard University Press; G. Cumberlege, Oxford University Press
Published: 1949
Place of publication: Cambridge; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Buddhism; Buddha and Buddhism
Table of contents: title: I. Nichiren and his time; title: Nichiren the prophet; title: The social degeneracy and a Buddhist prediction; title: The political situation of his time; title: The "degenerate Buddhism"; the four schools of Buddhism; title: II. Nichiren's birth, studies, and conversion. The lotus of truth; title: Nichiren's childhood and the years of his study; title: The final resort of his faith and the "Sacred title" of the scripture; title: The Lotus of Truth; its general nature; title: The introduction and the exposition of the ideal aim; title: The perpetuation of the truth; title: The revelation of the real entity of Buddha's personality; title: The "consummation and perpetuation"; title: Nichiren's personal touch with the scripture; title: III. Nichiren's public appearance and persecution; title: His proclamation of his new faith; title: His warning and the fist exile; title: His perilous experiences and the "Stanzas of Perseverance"; title: Reflections on the relations of his mission; title: IV. An interlude and a narrow escape; title: His pugnacious spirit and his tender heart; title: His mother and his old master; title: The peril of the pine forest and the escape; title: his missionary journeys and converts; title: V. The threatening Mongol invasion and the sentence of death; title: The arrival of the Mongol envoys and Nichiren's renewed remonstrance; title: Prosecution and sentence of death; the narrow escape and a "resurrection"; title: Release from death and second exile; title: VI. The exile in Sado and the ripening of Nichiren's faith in his mission; title: A calm reflection and the attainment of faith in his mission; title: His life in solitary exile; title: "The heritage of the great thing concerning life and death"; title: "Opening the eyes"; the ethical aspects of religious life and faith; title: Absolute trust in Buddha's prophetic assurance; title: A better time, and Nichiren's thought about sin; title: VII. The climax of Nichiren's life; the graphic representation of the supreme being; title: peace in exile; the object of religious worship; title: The supreme being and the doctrine of "mutual participation"; title: The supreme being; the union of the truth and his person; title: "The reality as it is" and the personal realization of Buddhahood; title: The revelation of the Great Mandala and further thoughts on his mission; title: VIII. Release and retirement; further confirmation of his faith; title: Nichiren's attitude toward the government and the nation; title: His return to Kamakura and the last breach with the government; title: His retirement and his reason for retiing from the world; title: IX. A paradise on earth and the Holy See; title: Minobu, the place of retirement; title: The world and the individual; the ideal and the actual; title: "The testimony common to all Buddhas"; title: The true Buddhist creates a paradise everywhere; title: The kingdom of Buddha and the Holy See; title: "The three great mysteries"; title: X. Silent prayer and anxious watching; title: The hope of the future and the present danger; title: The curse on the infidels; title: The curse and the sense of sinfulness, individual and national; title: Dedication of good to fellow-beings; title: Sense of indebtedness and fellowship; title: Nichiren's world-wide scheme; title: The Mongol invaders and their final defeat; title: The holy person and the holy place; title: XI. The last sage of Nichiren's life and his death; title: His ideas about illness and death; title: His last moments and his legacy; title: Appendix: The Buddhist conception of reality; title: The fundamental tenets of Buddhism concerning reality; title: Tendai's doctrine of the middle path and reality.