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 Shōnin (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

1. Hōon-jō (ST 223) Essay on Gratitude
2. Hōon-jō Sōmon (ST 224) Cover Letter to the Hōon-jō
3. Ichidai Shōgyō Tai-i (ST 10) Outline of All the Holy Teachings of the Buddha
4. Kyō Ki Ji Koku Shō (ST 29) Treatise on the Teaching, Capacity, Time and Country
5. Ken Hōbō-shō (ST 31) A Clarification of Slandering the True Dharma
6. Nanjō Hyōe Shichirō-dono Gosho (ST 38) A Letter to Lord Nanjō Hyōe Shichirō
7. Soya Nyūdō-dono-gari Gosho (ST 170) A Letter to Lay Priest Lord Soya
8. Shoshū Mondō-shō (ST 5) Questions and Answers Regarding Other Schools
9. Hokke Jōdo Mondō-shō (ST 94) Questions and Answers on the Lotus and Pure Land Sects
10. Soya Nyūdō-dono Gosho (ST 154) A Letter to Lay Priest Lord Soya
11. Ōta-dono-gari Gosho (ST 159) A Letter to Lord Ōta
12. San Sanzō Kiu no Koto (ST 183) Concerning the Prayer Services for Rain by Three Tripiṭaka Masters
13. Daigaku Saburō-dono Gosho (ST 186) A Letter to Lord Daigaku Saburō
14. Jikaku Daishi no Koto (ST 361) Concerning Grand Master Jikaku
15. Nizen Nijō Bosatsu Fu-sabutsu Ji (ST 17) Never-Attaining Buddhahood by the Two Vehicles and Bodhisattvas in the Pre-Lotus Sutras
16. Nijō Sabutsu Ji (ST 19) Obtaining Buddhahood by the Two Vehicles
17. Ichidai Goji Keizu (ST 20) 221 Genealogical Chart of the Buddha's Lifetime Teachings in Five Periods

Glossary

Japanese Equivalents

Index