| Preface | |
| Foreword | |
| List of Illustrations | |
| General Introduction | p. 1 |
| Meeting Popular Japanese Buddhism | p. 1 |
| The Development of Mahayana Buddhism | p. 4 |
| Shinran - the Founder | p. 13 |
| Eshinni: Letter to Kakushinni | p. 18 |
| Kakunyo: Godensho | p. 19 |
| Shinran: Tannisho - chapters 1, 3 and 15 | p. 26 |
| Shinran: Mattosho - excerpts from letters 1, 2 and 20 | p. 29 |
| Shinran: Shoshinge - Hymn of True Shinjin and Nembutsu | p. 32 |
| Shin Buddhism in the Modern Age | p. 38 |
| Kiyozawa Manshi: On Faith and Reason | p. 40 |
| Kiyozawa Manshi: Peace Beyond Ethics | p. 42 |
| Kiyozawa Manshi: My Religious Conviction | p. 44 |
| Akegarasu Haya: About Wisdom | p. 46 |
| Akegarasu Haya: Mind of Embracing All Things | p. 48 |
| Soga Ryojin: Dharmakara Bodhisattva | p. 50 |
| Kaneko Daiei: The Present Age and Our Present Situation | p. 54 |
| D. T. Suzuki: The Shin Teaching of Buddhism | p. 56 |
| D. T. Suzuki: Shin Buddhism and Christianity Compared | p. 58 |
| D. T. Suzuki: Shinran and Soren Kierkegaard | p. 63 |
| Hirose Takashi: Shinran's Ideas of Equality | p. 64 |
| The Dobokai Movement | p. 67 |
| The Goal of the Shinshu Dobokai Movement | p. 69 |
| The Dobokai Movement - an Interview | p. 71 |
| Manual for Propagators of the Dobokai Movement | p. 76 |
| Shin Buddhism and the Arts and Crafts | p. 80 |
| Shandao: Parable of the White Path | p. 84 |
| Kamo no Chomei: From 'The Ten Foot Square Hut' | p. 87 |
| Issa Kobayashi: From 'The Year of My Life' | p. 89 |
| Issa Kobayashi: From 'The Seventh Journal' | p. 90 |
| Issa Kobayashi: Haiku | p. 91 |
| Saichi Asahara: Poems of a myokonin | p. 91 |
| Yanagi Soetsu: The Dharma Gate of Beauty - Shin Aesthetics | p. 92 |
| 'Doshu of Akao' - a Woodblock Print by Munakata | p. 96 |
| Niwa Fumio: A Child's Ho-onko | p. 97 |
| Rituals in Shin Buddhist Temples - notably Higashi Honganji | p. 101 |
| Plan of Higashi Honganji | p. 104 |
| Ho-onko at Higashi Honganji, 1992 - a Description | p. 106 |
| Ho-onko Time Schedule, 1992 | p. 114 |
| Susu-harai at Higashi Honganji, 1992 | p. 118 |
| Ho-onko at Murakami, Niigata, 1992 | p. 120 |
| Death and Burial in Shin Buddhism | p. 126 |
| Procedure for Funerals - Excerpts from a Handbook for Shinshu Priests | p. 128 |
| Rennyo: White Ashes - a Letter | p. 129 |
| A Shumidan Ceremony at Higashi Honganji, 1993 | p. 132 |
| Shin Buddhist Viewpoints on Death and Burial - an Interview | p. 134 |
| Shin Buddhist Education | p. 140 |
| Kiyozawa Manshi: Opening Ceremony Address of Shinshu University (1901) | p. 141 |
| Shin Buddhist Viewpoints on Education - an Interview | p. 142 |
| The Theological Seminary: Senshu Gakuin, Yamashina | p. 147 |
| Religious Education at Otani High and Junior High School | p. 149 |
| Shin Buddhist Mission in Hawai'i | p. 151 |
| Hazama Tatsuyo: Young Picture Bride | p. 153 |
| Kikuchi Shigeo: 7 December 1941 | p. 155 |
| David Kobata: Memoirs of a Japanese Buddhist in Hawai'i - an Interview | p. 158 |
| Daniel K. Inouye: You Dirty Japs | p. 162 |
| Shin Buddhist Mission in Hawai'i - an Interview | p. 163 |
| Oshogatsu - New Year's Day | p. 168 |
| Haneda Nobuo: The Future of Shinshu Buddhism in America | p. 171 |
| Imamura Ryo: Excerpt from a Sermon | p. 173 |
| K. P. Kramer and K. K. Tanaka: Excerpt from a Buddhist-Christian Dialogue | p. 175 |
| Overview: Tensions in Shin Buddhism Today | p. 178 |
| Postscript: Appraisal of Shin Buddhism in the Modern World | p. 181 |
| Notes on Readings | p. 185 |
| Bibliography | p. 188 |
| Glossary of Japanese Words | p. 194 |
| Index | p. 197 |
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