Writings of Nichiren Shonin Faith and Practice

This volume, the 12th project of the English Translation Committee of the Nichiren Shu Overseas Propagation Promotion Association (NOPPA), constitutes all twenty-seven writings of Buddhist reformer Nichiren Shōnin (1222-1282) included in the Nichiren Shonin Zenshu, Complete Writings of Nichiren Shonin, Volume 4: Faith and Practice, published in Tokyo in 1993. 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.



1.Sho Hokke Daimoku-sho (ST 23)

Treatise on Chanting the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra

2.Yakuo-bon Tokui-sho (ST 41)

The Essence of the Previous Life of Medicine-King Bodhisattva Chapter

3.Hokke Daimoku-sho (ST 44)

Treatise on the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra

4.Zemmui-sho (ST 46)

Treatise on Subhakarasimha

5.Kito-sho (ST 113)

Treatise on Prayers

6.Shoho Jisso-sho (ST 122)

Treatise on All Phenomena as the Ultimate Reality

7.Nyosetsu Shugyo-sho (ST 124)

True Way of Practicing the Teaching of the Buddha

8.Mokue Nizo Kaigen no Koto (ST 138)

Opening the Eyes of Buddhist Images, Wooden Statues or Portraits

9.Hokyo Hoju Ji (ST 217)

The Dharma Is More Precious Than Treasure

10.Jiri Kuyo Gosho (ST 230)

Phenomenal Offering and Noumenal Offering

11.Shishin Gohon-sho (ST 242)

The Four Depths of Faith and Five Stages of Practice

12.Ueno-dono Gohenji (ST 246)

A Reply to Lord Ueno

13.Toki-dono Gosho (ST 255)

A Letter to Lord Toki

14.Sushun Tenno Gosho (ST 262)

The "Emperor Sushun" Letter

15.Ueno-dono Gohenji (ST 276)

A Reply to Lord Ueno

16.Ueno-dono Gohenji (ST 282)

A Reply to Lord Ueno

17.Dannotsu-bo Gohenji (ST 283)

Response to a Follower

18.Nichinyo Gozen Gohenji (ST 293)

A Response to My Lady Nichinyo

19.Myoho-ama Gozen Gohenji (ST 301)

A Reply to My Lady, the Nun Myoho

20.Sennichi-ama Gozen Gohenji (ST 302)

A Reply to My Land Nun Sennichi

21.Kurotaro-dono Gohenji (ST 317)

A Reply to Lord Kurotaro

22.Zui-jii Gosho (ST 321)

The Sutra Preached in Accordance with [the Buddha's] Own Mind

23.Ueno-dono Gohenji (ST 350)

A Reply to Lord Ueno

24.Ota-dono Nyobo Gohenji (ST 370)

A Response to the Wife of Lord Ota

25.Urabon Gosho (ST 374)

On the Ullambana Service

26.Ueno-dono Haha-ama Gozen Gohenji (ST 388)

A Response to My Lady the Nun, Mother of Lord Ueno

27.Hokke Shomyo-sho (ST 429)

Treatise on the Testimony of the Lotus Sutra



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