THE CREED OF HALF JAPAN

HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF JAPANESE BUDDHISM

BY ARTHUR LLOYD, M.A.

LECTURER IN THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY, NAVAL ACADEMY, NAVAL MEDICAL COLLEGE, AND HIGHER COMMERCIAL SCHOOL, TOKYO; SOMETIME FELLOW OF PETERHOUSE, CAMBRIDGE

LONDON

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.

[1911]

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Title Page

TO THE MEMORY OF

MY DEAR WIFE

MARY

WHOSE LOVING CARE AND CONSTANT
GOOD COMRADESHIP, DURING EIGHTEEN
EVENTFUL YEARS, HELPED ME ALONG
MANY OF THE STONY DEFILES OF HUMAN
LIFE

PREFACE

I CAN only plead for my book that it is the work of a pioneer, and every pioneer knows that his labours must necessarily be crude and imperfect. I foresee all the strictures that criticism will pass upon my labours, and shall be more than content if what I have written stimulates others to further research.

More should have been said about the lives and teachings of Honen, Shinran, and other leaders of the Jodo or Pure Land sects. The omission is due to the fact that I have already dealt with these thinkers in a monograph entitled "Shinran and His Work," which I published in Tokyo last year. Even with these omissions I fear this book will seem rather bulky.

My best thanks are due to the Master of Peterhouse, who has put himself to much trouble on my behalf.

A. LLOYD.

TOKYO,
June 24, 1911.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

PAGE

I.

MAHaYaNA

II.

THE STAGE ON WHICH S'AKYAMUNI MADE HIS APPEARANCE

III.

THE BUDDHA AND HIS GREATEST DISCIPLE

IV.

THE PRE-CHRISTIAN EXPANSION OF BUDDHISM

V.

PUSHYAMITRA

VI.

THE NEW TESTAMENT IN TOUCH WITH THE EAST

VII.

ALEXANDRIA AND ANTIOCH AT THE TIME OF CHRIST

VIII.

THE LEGEND OF ST. THOMAS

IX.

THE CALL FROM CHINA

X.

BUDDHISM JUST BEFORE THE COMING OF CHRISTIANITY

XI.

AS'VAGHOSHA

XII.

NaGaRJUNA

XIII.

THE MISSIONARIES OF THE HAN

XIV.

DHARMAGUPTA

XV.

MANICHaeISM

XVI.

CHINA IN THE THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH CENTURIES

XVII.

BUDDHISM REACHES JAPAN

XVIII.

THE CROWN PRINCE SHoTOKU TAISHI

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XIX.

BUDDHISM DURING THE NARA PERIOD (WITH APPENDIX)

XX.

HEIAN BUDDHISM

XXI.

NAMUDAISHI

XXII.

THE BUDDHISM OF THE GEMPEI PERIOD

XXIII.

THE BUDDHISM OF KAMAKURA

XXIV.

NICHIREN AND THE EARLIER SECTS

XXV.

RISSHo ANKOKU RON

XXVI.

THE MONGOLS

XXVII.

THE BUDDHISM OF THE MUROMACHI AGE

XXVIII.

THE PERIOD OF THE CATHOLIC MISSIONS

XXIX.

THE BUDDHISM OF THE TOKUGAWA PERIOD

XXX.

RECAPITULATION

INDEX