Kyotsu Hori

Writings of Nichiren Shonin Doctrine 2 Kyotsu Hori

This volume, the ninth project of the English Translation Committee of the Nichiren Shu Overseas Propagation Promotion Association (NOPPA), constitutes all twenty-three writings of Buddhist reformer Nichiren Sh?nin (1222-1282) included in the Nichiren Sh?nin Zensh?, Complete Writings of Nichiren Sh?nin, Volume 2: Theology 2, published in Tokyo in 1996.




The Nichiren Sh?nin Zensh? is a modern Japanese version of Nichiren's original writings, translated and edited with annotations by modern scholars of Nichiren Buddhism. Despite its all-inclusive title, the Zensh? is highly selective in that it takes into account only writings considered bibliographically authentic, namely those attested to by original manuscripts. Among such texts, those included in the Sh?wa Teihon Nichiren Sh?nin Ibun, Writings of Nichiren Sh?nin Standardized in the Sh?wa Period, compiled by the Institute of Nichiren Buddhist Studies and published in four volumes by Minobusan Kuonji Temple between 1951 and 1959, are considered the most authoritative, and they provide the basic texts for this volume.




Table of Contents




1. Jissh?-sh? (ST 81)1

A Treatise on the Ten Chapters of

the Great Concentration and Insight

2. Teradomari Gosho (ST 92)7

A Letter from Teradomari

3. Hassh? Imoku-sh? (ST 96)14

A Treatise on the Differences between the Lotus Sect

and Eight Other Sects

4. Kaimoku-sh? (ST 98)28

Open Your Eyes to the Lotus Teaching

5. Toki-dono Gohenji (ST 101)116

A Response to Lord Toki

6. Shingon Shosh? Imoku (ST 106)118

The Differences between the Lotus Sect and Other Sects

such as the True Word Sect

7. Kanjin Honzon-sh? (ST 118)124

A Treatise Revealing the Spiritual Contemplation

and the Most Venerable One

8. Kanjin Honzon-sh? Soej? (ST 119)165

The Cover Letter to the Kanjin Honzon-sh?

9. Kembutsu Mirai-ki (ST 125)167

A Testimony to the Prediction of the Buddha

10. Toki-dono Gohenji (ST 126)177

A Response to Lord Toki

11. Hakii Sabur?-dono Gohenji (ST 127)179

A Response to Lord Hakii Sabur?

12. Sh?j? Daij? Fumbetsu-sh? (ST 136)187

The Differences between Hinayana and Mahayana Teachings

13. Goch? Shuj? Gosho (ST 139)198

People in the World Letter

14. Hokke Shuy?-sh? (ST 145)201

A Treatise on the Essence of the Lotus Sutra

15. Rissh? Kanj? (ST 158)215

A Treatise on Establishing the Right Way of Meditation

16. Rissh? Kanj? S?j? (ST 165)232

The Cover Letter to the Treatise on Establishing

the Right Way of Meditation

17. Misawa-sh? (ST 275)236

A Letter to Lord Misawa of Suruga

18. Shimon Butsuj?-gi (ST 277)243

Listening to the One Buddha Vehicle Teaching

for the First Time

19. Toki Ny?d?-dono Gohenji: Chiby?-sh? (ST 294)249

A Response to Lay Priest Lord Toki:

Treatise on Healing Sickness

20. Honzon Mond? Sh? (ST 307)256

Questions and Answers on the Honzon

21. Toki Ny?d?-dono Gohenji: Hongon Shukkai-sh? (ST 310)272

A Response to Lay Priest Lord Toki: Treatise on Overcoming

Illusions of the Triple World by Provisional Teachings

22. Shoky? to Hokeky? to Nan'i no Koto (ST 367)278

The Difficulty and Ease of Understanding the Lotus Sutra

and Other Sutras

23. Sandai Hih? Honj?-ji (ST 403)283

The Transmission of the Three Great Secret Dharmas




Glossary289

Japanese Equivalents366