The Creed of Half Japan

Lloyds historical sketches of the evolution of Buddhism in Japan provide a wealth of knowledge.

Contents:

PREFACE CHAPTER I - Mahyna CHAPTER II - The Stage on which S'akyamuni made his Appearance CHAPTER III - The Buddha and his Greatest Disciple CHAPTER IV - The Pre-Christian Expansion of Buddhism CHAPTER V - Pusityamitra CHAPTER VI - The New Testament in Touch with the East CHAPTER VII - Alexandria and Antioch at the Time of Christ CHAPTER VIII - The Legend of St. Thomas CHAPTER IX - The Call from China CHAPTER X - Buddhism just before the Coming of Christianity CHAPTER XI - As'vaghosha CHAPTER XII - Ngrjuna CHAPTER XIII - The Missionaries of the Han CHAPTER XIV - Dharmagupta CHAPTER XV - Manichaeism CHAPTER XVI -China in the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Centuries CHAPTER XVII - Buddhism reaches Japan CHAPTER XVIII - The Crown Prince ShMtoku Taishi CHAPTER XIX - Buddhism during the Nara Period from A.D. 621-782 CHAPTER XX - Heian Buddhism CHAPTER XXI - "Namudaishi" CHAPTER XXII - The Buddhism of the Gempei Period CHAPTER XXIII - The Buddhism of Kamakura CHAPTER XXIV - Nichiren and the Earlier Sects CHAPTER XXV - "RisshM Ankoku Ron" CHAPTER XXVI - The Mongols CHAPTER XXVII - The Buddhism of the Muromachi Age CHAPTER XXVIII - The Period of the Catholic Missions CHAPTER XXIX - The Buddhism of the Tokugawa Period CHAPTER XXX - Recapitulation

© 2012 Jazzybee Verlag (E-bog): 9783849621919

Release date

E-bog: 21. juli 2012