The Creed of Half Japan

Front Matter
CHAPTER I — MAHaYaNA
CHAPTER II — THE STAGE ON WHICH S'AKYAMUNI MADE HIS APPEA...
CHAPTER III — THE BUDDHA AND HIS GREATEST DISCIPLE
CHAPTER IV — THE PRE-CHRISTIAN EXPANSION OF BUDDHISM
CHAPTER V — PUSITYAMITRA
CHAPTER VI — THE NEW TESTAMENT IN TOUCH WITH THE EAST
CHAPTER VII — ALEXANDRIA AND ANTIOCH AT THE TIME OF CHRIST
CHAPTER VIII — THE LEGEND OF ST. THOMAS
CHAPTER IX — THE CALL FROM CHINA
CHAPTER X — BUDDHISM JUST BEFORE THE COMING OF CHRISTIANITY
CHAPTER XI — AS'VAGHOSHA
CHAPTER XII — NaGaRJUNA
CHAPTER XIII — THE MISSIONARIES OF THE HAN
CHAPTER XIV — DHARMAGUPTA [*1]
CHAPTER XV — MANICHaeISM
CHAPTER XVI — CHINA IN THE THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH CENTU...
CHAPTER XVII — BUDDHISM REACHES JAPAN
CHAPTER XVIII — THE CROWN PRINCE SHoTOKU TAISHI
CHAPTER XIX — BUDDHISM DURING THE NARA PERIOD [*1] FROM A...
CHAPTER XX — HEIAN BUDDHISM [*1]
CHAPTER XXI — "NAMUDAISHI"
CHAPTER XXII — THE BUDDHISM OF THE GEMPEI PERIOD [*1]
CHAPTER XXIII — THE BUDDHISM OF KAMAKURA
CHAPTER XXIV — NICHIREN AND THE EARLIER SECTS
CHAPTER XXV — "RISSHo ANKOKU RON"
CHAPTER XXVI — THE MONGOLS
CHAPTER XXVII — THE BUDDHISM OF THE MUROMACHI AGE
CHAPTER XXVIII — THE PERIOD OF THE CATHOLIC MISSIONS
CHAPTER XXIX — THE BUDDHISM OF THE TOKUGAWA PERIOD
CHAPTER XXX. — RECAPITULATION

CHAPTER XIII — THE MISSIONARIES OF THE HAN

^129:1 In the "Amitayur-dhyani Sutra," S.B.E., vol. xlix. With the help of some Buddhist friends, I have nearly completed an English translation of Lokaraksha's edition of the S.V.

^129:2 I have a small Japanese "Catechism of Kwannon," which states the doctrine about this deity very succinctly.

^130:1 "Philosoph.," vi. 12.

^130:2 The Japanese Seishi. He is sometimes spoken of as having "destroyed death." He is not a very popular deity.

^130:3 I would strongly recommend, in connection with this chapter, a perusal of a paper by the late Dr. Rehatsek on "Christianity in the Persian Dominions," published in the Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. xiii., 1877. It shows very clearly the knowledge of Christianity which Anshikao and his companion must have had.