The Religion of the Samurai

Front Matter
CHAPTER I — HISTORY OF ZEN IN CHINA
CHAPTER II — HISTORY OF ZEN IN JAPAN
CHAPTER III — THE UNIVERSE IS THE SCRIPTURE OF ZEN
CHAPTER IV — BUDDHA, THE UNIVERSAL SPIRIT
CHAPTER V — THE NATURE OF MAN
CHAPTER VI — ENLIGHTENMENT
CHAPTER VII — LIFE
CHAPTER VIII — THE TRAINING OF THE MIND AND THE PRACTICE ...
CHAPTER II — REFUTATION OF INCOMPLETE AND SUPERFICIAL (DO...
CHAPTER IV — RECONCILIATION OF THE TEMPORARY WITH THE REA...
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IV — RECONCILIATION OF THE TEMPORARY WITH THE REAL DOCTRINE

As regards Japan, it was first introduced into the island as the faith first for the Samurai or the military class, and moulded the characters of many distinguished soldiers whose lives adorn the pages of her history. Afterwards it gradually found its way to palaces as well as to cottages through literature and art, and at last permeated through every fibre of the national life. It is Zen that modern Japan, especially after the Rust-Japanese War, has acknowledged as an ideal doctrine for her rising generation.

[1. See 'A History of Chinese Philosophy,' by Ryukichi Endo, and A History of Chinese Philosophy,' by Giichi Nakauchi.

2 For the life of this distinguished scholar and soldier (1472-1529), see 'A Detailed Life of O Yo Mei by Takejiro Takase, and also 'O-yo-mei-shutsu-shin-sei-ran-roku.']

THE RELIGION OF THE SAMURAI