Studies In Japanese Buddhism

Synopsis

Buddhist Origins. Gautama's Environment ; The Buddha's Life And Teaching ; Success Of The New Religion -- Development Of Primitive Buddhism Into Mahayana Buddhism. Buddhism Of Asoka's Day ; Rise Of Mahayana Buddhism ; Spread Of Buddhism Through China -- Developments Of Buddhism In Japan. Introduction Into Japan ; Rise Of The Six Nara Sects ; Kyoto Sects ; The Sects Of The Great Awakening ; Political Strife And Religious Decline ; Religion In The Tokugawa Period ; Buddhism In The Meiji Era -- The Buddhist Canon As Known In Japan -- Outline Of Main Doctrines Of Japanese Buddhism. Summary Statement ; Theory Of Knowledge ; Buddhist World Views ; The Pluralistic World Of Experience ; The God-idea Of Japanese Buddhism ; Man And His Condition ; Salvation ; Things To Come -- Buddhist Ethics. General Aspects ; The Vices And Virtues ; Buddhist Gold Nuggets, Or Choice Quotations From Some Of The Leading Buddhist Scriptures -- The Place Of Buddhism In Japanese Life, Past, Present And Future. The Influence In The Past ; The Place Of Buddhism In Present-day Japan ; The Place Of Buddhism In The Future. Reprint Of The 1917 Ed. The Present Volume Contains The Seventh Course Of Lectures Offered By New York University Upon The Foundation Known As The Charles F. Deems Lectureship Of Philosophy. - P. Vii. Selected Bibliography Of Works In Japanese: P. 349-351.