Studies in Japanese Buddhism,

"The present volume contains the seventh course of lectures offered by New York university upon the foundation known as the Charles F. Deems lectureship of philosophy"--Pref. note."Selected bibliography of works in Japanese": p. 349-351.Buddhist origins. Gautama's environment ; The Buddha's life and teaching ; Success of the new religion -- Development of primitive Buddhism into Mahayana Buddhism. Buddhism of Asoka's day ; Rise of Mahayana Buddhism ; Spread of Buddhism through China -- Developments of Buddhism in Japan. Introduction into Japan ; Rise of the six Nara sects ; Kyoto sects ; The sects of the great awakening ; Political strife and religious decline ; Religion in the Tokugawa period ; Buddhism in the Meiji era -- The Buddhist canon as known in Japan -- Outline of main doctrines of Japanese Buddhism. Summary statement ; Theory of knowledge ; Buddhist world views ; The pluralistic world of experience ; The god-idea of Japanese Buddhism ; Man and his condition ; Salvation ; Things to come -- Buddhist ethics. General aspects ; The vices and virtues ; Buddhist gold nuggets, or choice quotations from some of the leading Buddhist scriptures -- The place of Buddhism in Japanese life, past, present and future. The influence in the past ; The place of Buddhism in present-day Japan ; The place of Buddhism in the future.Mode of access: Internet