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 XXIV — NICHIREN AND THE EARLIER SECTS

^303:1 Some years ago I had a pupil who always spoke of himself as a Unitarian, who afterwards went to America, and there again posed as a Unitarian. When he returned from America he turned out to be a Nichiren priest. He had no intention to deceive. The term "Unitarian," to his mind, exactly described what he was.

^304:1 I think it is best to let Nichiren speak for himself here. He says as follows:--