Writings of Nichiren Shonin Doctrine 3

This volume, the 11th project of the English Translation Committee of the Nichiren Shu Overseas Propagation Promotion Association (NOPPA), constitutes all twenty-three writings of Buddhist reformer Nichiren Shonin (1222-1282) included in the Nichiren Shonin Zenshu, Complete Writings

of Nichiren Shonin, Volume 3: Theology 3, published in Tokyo in 1994. The Nichiren Shonin Zenshu is a modern Japanese version of Nichiren's original

writings, translated and edited with annotations by modern scholars of Nichiren Buddhism. Despite its all-inclusive title, the Zenshu is highly selective in that it takes into account only writings considered bibliographically authentic, namely those attested to by original manuscripts. Among such texts, those included in the Showa Teihon Nichiren Shonin Ibun, Writings of Nichiren Shonin Standardized in the Showa Period, compiled by the Institute of Nichiren Buddhist Studies and published in four volumes by Minobusan Kuonji Temple between 1951 and 1959, are considered the most authoritative, and they provide the basic texts for this volume.



Table of Contents



Hoon-jo (ST 223) Essay on GratitudeHoon-jo Somon (ST 224) Cover Letter to the Hoon-joIchidai Shogyo Tai-i (ST 10) Outline of All the Holy Teachings of the BuddhaKyo Ki Ji Koku Sho (ST 29)  Treatise on the Teaching, Capacity, Time and Country Ken Hobo-sho (ST 31) A Clarification of Slandering the True DharmaNanjo Hyoe Shichiro-dono Gosho (ST 38) A Letter to Lord Nanjo Hyoe ShichiroSoya Nyudo-dono-gari Gosho (ST 170) A Letter to Lay Priest Lord SoyaShoshu Mondo-sho (ST 5) Questions and Answers Regarding Other SchoolsHokke Jodo Mondo-sho (ST 94) Questions and Answers on the Lotus and Pure Land SectsSoya Nyudo-dono Gosho (ST 154) A Letter to Lay Priest Lord SoyaOta-dono-gari Gosho (ST 159) A Letter to Lord OtaSan Sanzo Kiu no Koto (ST 183) Concerning the Prayer Services for Rain by Three Tripi¿aka MastersDaigaku Saburo-dono Gosho (ST 186) A Letter to Lord Daigaku SaburoJikaku Daishi no Koto (ST 361) Concerning Grand Master JikakuNizen Nijo Bosatsu Fu-sabutsu Ji (ST 17) Never-Attaining Buddhahood by the Two Vehicles and Bodhisattvas in the Pre-Lotus SutrasNijo Sabutsu Ji (ST 19) Obtaining Buddhahood by the Two VehiclesIchidai Goji Keizu (ST 20) 221 Genealogical Chart of the Buddha's Lifetime Teachings in Five PeriodsGlossary 

Japanese Equivalents

Index