The Creed of Half Japan (ePub)

This is the extended and annotated edition including

* an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys Davids

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