Beschreibung:
Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I. NICHIREN AND HIS TIME -- CHAPTER II. NICHIREN'S BIRTH, STUDIES, AND CONVERSION. THE LOTUS OF TRUTH -- CHAPTER III. NICHIREN'S PUBLIC APPEARANCE AND PERSECUTION -- CHAPTER IV. AN INTERLUDE AND A NARROW ESCAPE -- CHAPTER V. THE THREATENING MONGOL INVASION AND THE SENTENCE OF DEATH -- .CHAPTER VI THE EXILE IN SADO AND THE RIPENING OF NICHIREN'S FAITH IN HIS MISSION -- CHAPTER VII. THE CLIMAX OF NICHIREN'S LIFE; THE GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF THE SUPREME BEING -- CHAPTER VIII. RELEASE AND RETIREMENT; FURTHER CONFIRMATION OF HIS FAITH -- CHAPTER IX. A PARADISE ON EARTH AND THE HOLY SEE -- CHAPTER X. SILENT PRAYER AND ANXIOUS WATCHING -- CHAPTER XI. THE LAST STAGE OF NICHIREN'S LITE AND HIS DEATH -- APPENDIX -- APPENDIX. THE BUDDHIST CONCEPTION OF REALITY