9 CHAPTER VII: Alexandria and Antioch at the Time of Christ.
8 CHAPTER VI: The New Testament in Touch with the East.6 CHAPTER IV: The Pre-Christian Expansion of Buddhism.5 CHAPTER III: The Buddha and his Greatest Disciple.4 CHAPTER II: The Stage on which S’akyamuni made his Appearance.My best thanks are due to the Master of Peterhouse, who has put himself to much trouble on my behalf. Even with these omissions I fear this book will seem rather bulky. The omission is due to the fact that I have already dealt with these thinkers in a monograph entitled " Shinran and His Work," which I published in Tokyo last year.
More should have been said about the lives and teachings of Hōnen, Shinran, and other leaders of the Jōdo or Pure Land sects. I foresee all the strictures that criticism will pass upon my labours, and shall be more than content if what I have written stimulates others to further research. I can only plead for my book that it is the work of a pioneer, and every pioneer knows that his labours must necessarily be crude and imperfect. LECTURER IN THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY, NAVAL ACADEMY, NAVAL MEDICAL COLLEGE, AND HIGHER COMMERCIAL SCHOOL, TOKYO SOMETIME FELLOW OF PETERHOUSE, CAMBRIDGE This is also a great read for religious studies students and others interested in Buddhism and the development of eastern religions.-J. If you are looking for a comprehensive volume which covers the development of modern Japanese Buddhism, this is an essential reference. The historical account covers one and a half millennia of Japanese history, from the first entry of Buddhism in the fifth century via Korea, through the Nara, Heian, Gempei, Kamakura, Muromachi and the Tokugawa periods. He also discusses the Amida ( Pure Land), Shingon and Zen schools. The book is particularly strong in its exposition of the various Buddhist sects in Japan, with extensive material on Nichiren, including a translation of the Namudaishi and the Rissho Ankoku ron, two important Nichiren texts. In this book he discusses doctrinal and narrative parallels between Mahayana Buddhism and early Christian, Gnostic, and Manichean beliefs. A Christian clergyman and long-time resident in Japan at the turn of the 20th century, Arthur Lloyd felt that Buddhism has much in common with Christianity, including possible historical links. Lloyd was particularly interested in how Eastern religions interacted with those in the west. This is a scholarly study of the evolution of Mahayana Buddhism in Japan.
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