Writings of Nichiren Shonin Doctrine 2: Volume 2

This volume the ninth project of the English Translation Committee of the Nichiren Shu Overseas Propagation Promotion Association (NOPPA) constitutes all twenty-three writings of Buddhist reformer Nichiren Shōnin (1222-1282) included in the Nichiren Shōnin Zenshū Complete Writings of Nichiren Shōnin Volume 2: Theology 2 published in Tokyo in 1996.The Nichiren Shōnin Zenshū is a modern Japanese version of Nichirens original writings translated and edited with annotations by modern scholars of Nichiren Buddhism. Despite its all-inclusive title the Zenshū 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 Shōwa Teihon Nichiren Shōnin Ibun Writings of Nichiren Shōnin Standardized in the Shōwa 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 Contents1. Jisshō-shō (ST 81)1A Treatise on the Ten Chapters of the Great Concentration and Insight 2. Teradomari Gosho (ST 92)7A Letter from Teradomari3. Hasshū Imoku-shō (ST 96)14A Treatise on the Differences between the Lotus Sect and Eight Other Sects4. Kaimoku-shō (ST 98)28Open Your Eyes to the Lotus Teaching5. Toki-dono Gohenji (ST 101)116A Response to Lord Toki6. Shingon Shoshū Imoku (ST 106)118The Differences between the Lotus Sect and Other Sects such as the True Word Sect7. Kanjin Honzon-shō (ST 118)124A Treatise Revealing the Spiritual Contemplation and the Most Venerable One8. Kanjin Honzon-shō Soejō (ST 119)165The Cover Letter to the Kanjin Honzon-shō9. Kembutsu Mirai-ki (ST 125)167A Testimony to the Prediction of the Buddha10. Toki-dono Gohenji (ST 126)177A Response to Lord Toki11. Hakii Saburō-dono Gohenji (ST 127)179A Response to Lord Hakii Saburō12. Shōjō Daijō Fumbetsu-shō (ST 136)187The Differences between Hinayana and Mahayana Teachings13. Gochū Shujō Gosho (ST 139)198People in the World Letter14. Hokke Shuyō-shō (ST 145)201A Treatise on the Essence of the Lotus Sutra 15. Risshō Kanjō (ST 158)215A Treatise on Establishing the Right Way of Meditation16. Risshō Kanjō Sōjō (ST 165)232The Cover Letter to the Treatise on Establishing the Right Way of Meditation17. Misawa-shō (ST 275)236A Letter to Lord Misawa of Suruga18. Shimon Butsujō-gi (ST 277)243Listening to the One Buddha Vehicle Teaching for the First Time19. Toki Nyūdō-dono Gohenji: Chibyō-shō (ST 294)249A Response to Lay Priest Lord Toki: Treatise on Healing Sickness20. Honzon Mondō Shō (ST 307)256Questions and Answers on the Honzon 21. Toki Nyūdō-dono Gohenji: Hongon Shukkai-shō (ST 310)272A Response to Lay Priest Lord Toki: Treatise on Overcoming Illusions of the Triple World by Provisional Teachings22. Shokyō to Hokekyō to Nani no Koto (ST 367)278The Difficulty and Ease of Understanding the Lotus Sutra and Other Sutras23. Sandai Hihō Honjō-ji (ST 403)283The Transmission of the Three Great Secret DharmasGlossary289Japanese Equivalents366