The Creed of Half Japan

Lloyds historical sketches of the evolution of Buddhism in Japan provide a wealth of knowledge.

Contents:

PREFACE
CHAPTER I – Mahyna
CHAPTER II – The Stage on which S’akyamuni made his Appearance
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 – Ngrjuna
CHAPTER XIII – The Missionaries of the Han
CHAPTER XIV – Dharmagupta
CHAPTER XV – Manichaeism
CHAPTER XVI -China in the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Centuries
CHAPTER XVII – Buddhism reaches Japan
CHAPTER XVIII – The Crown Prince ShMtoku Taishi
CHAPTER XIX – Buddhism during the Nara Period from A.D. 621-782
CHAPTER XX – Heian Buddhism
CHAPTER XXI – „Namudaishi“
CHAPTER XXII – The Buddhism of the Gempei Period
CHAPTER XXIII – The Buddhism of Kamakura
CHAPTER XXIV – Nichiren and the Earlier Sects
CHAPTER XXV – „RisshM 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