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An Introduction to Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism
Presented by the Publishing Committee for the 750th Anniversary Commemorative of
The Stablishment of True Buddhism

   
 

Shakyamuni Buddhism

Chapter I
The Life of Shakyamuni Buddha
Siddhartha Renounces Secular Life
Siddhartha's Practices
Shakyamuni the Buddha Attaining the Way
Turning the Wheel of the Law
The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path
Dissemination
Shakyamuni’s Ten Major Disciples
Circumstances Leading to the Founding of Jetavana Monastery
The Buddha’s True Teaching
Shakyamuni’s Passing, The Buddha Enters Nirvana
The Teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha

The Spread of Buddhism - Part I
The Three Periods of Propagation
Buddhism in India
Compilation of the Buddhist Scriptures
The First Council
The Second Council and the First Schism within the Buddhist Order
The Third Council
The Fourth Council
The Rise of Mahayana Buddhism
The Development of Mahayana Buddhism
Arguments Denying that the Buddha Expounded Mahayana Doctrine

The Spread of Buddhism - Part II
Buddhism in China
Kumārajīva
The Rise of the Lotus Sutra - The Three Northern and Seven Southern Schools
Great Teacher T'ien-t'ai
The T’ien-t’ai Lotus Sect
T’ien-t’ai’s Three Major Works on the Lotus Sutra

The Spread of Buddhism - Part III
Buddhism in Japan

Nara Period
Heian Period - The Great Teacher Dengyo (Saicho)
Kukai and the Shingon Sect
The Tendai Sect Converts to Esoteric Buddhism
Latter Day of the Law Mindset and Kamakura Period Buddhism
Post-Kamakura Period Buddhism

 

The Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin

The Life of Nichiren Daishonin - Part I - Chapter I
Birth and Entrance into the Priesthood

The Life of Nichiren Daishonin

The Life of Nichiren Daishonin - Part I - Chapter II
The Establishment of True Buddhism
The Establishment of True Buddhism - The Daishonin Proclaims the Tenets of His Buddhism

The Name “Nichiren” (Sun Lotus)
The Daishonin Begins Turning the Wheel of the Law

The Life of Nichiren Daishonin - Part II - Chapter III
The Daishonin's Life in Kamakura

The Daishonin's Life in Kamakura
The Matsubagayatsu Persecution
The Izu Exile
The Komatsubara Persecution
The Mongol Invasion and Eleven Letters of Remonstration
Ryokan Prays for Rain
The Second Remonstration with the Government
The Twenty-line Verse Section of the Encouraging Devotion Chapter of the Lotus Sutra

The Life of Nichiren Daishonin - Part III - Chapter IV
The Sado Period - The Establishment of True Buddhism
The Tatsunokuchi Persecution - Discarding the Provisional Identity and Revealing the True Identity
Exile on Sado
The Second Month Uprising

Sado Exile Period Writings
Sado Exile Pardon

The Life of Nichiren Daishonin - Part III - Chapter V
The Minobu Period

The Third Remonstration

Retirement to Mt. Minobu

The Life of Nichiren Daishonin - Part IV - Chapter V
The Minobu Period (continued)
The Mongol Invasions
The Atsuhara Persecution
The Dai-Gohonzon of the High Sanctuary of the Essential Teaching

The Life of Nichiren Daishonin - Chapter VI
The Daishonin’s Passing

The Ikegami Residence in Musashi Province
The Minobu Transfer Document
The Great Leader of Propagation

The History of Nichiren Shoshu

 
           

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