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CHAPTER I. PRIMITIVE FAITH: RELIGION BEFORE BOOKS
The People of Japan
Shamanism
Fetichism
Phallicism
Pantheism's Destruction of Boundaries
SHINT[=O]: MYTHS AND RITUAL
CHAPTER II. SHINT[=O]: MYTHS AND RITUAL
Origins of the Japanese People
Ritual in Praise of the Sun-goddess
Fire-myths and Ritual
'THE KOJIKI' AND ITS TEACHINGS
CHAPTER III. 'THE KOJIKI' AND ITS TEACHINGS
Izanagi's Visit to Hades and Results
Life in Japan During the Divine Age
The Ethics of the God-way
Purification of Offences
Mikadoism Usurps the Primitive God-way
Shint[=o]'s Emphasis on Cleanliness
PRAYER
Shint[=o] Left in a State of Arrested Development
The Great Purification of 1870
Summary of Shint[=o]
THE CHINESE ETHICAL SYSTEM IN JAPAN
CHAPTER IV. THE CHINESE ETHICAL SYSTEM IN JAPAN
Vicissitudes of Confucianism
In Japan, Loyalty Displaces Filial Piety
The Paramount Idea of Loyalty
The Family Idea
The Elder and the Younger Brother
CONFUCIANISM IN ITS PHILOSOPHICAL FORM
CHAPTER V. CONFUCIANISM IN ITS PHILOSOPHICAL FORM
Contrast between the Chinese and Japanese Intellect
A Medley of Pantheism
The Ideals of a Samurai
The Ideal of Yamato Damashii Enlarged
THE BUDDHISM OF NORTHERN ASIA
CHAPTER VI. THE BUDDHISM OF NORTHERN ASIA
Conditions out of which Buddhism Arose
The Buddhist Millennium in India
The Development of Northern Buddhism
The Making of a Pantheon
The Inviting Field
The New Faith Becomes Popular
Survey and Summary
RIY[=O]BU, OR MIXED BUDDHISM
CHAPTER VII. RIY[=O]BU, OR MIXED BUDDHISM
The Mission of Art
K[=o]b[=o] Irenicon
The Happy Family of Riy[=o]bu
Shint[=o] Buried in Buddhism
The Seven Gods of Good Fortune
K[=o]b[=o]'s Work Undone
NORTHERN BUDDHISM IN ITS DOCTRINAL EVOLUTIONS
CHAPTER VIII. NORTHERN BUDDHISM IN ITS DOCTRINAL EVOLUTIONS
Buddhism as a System of Metaphysics
Japanese Pilgrims to China
The Great Vehicle
The Sect of the True Word
Truth Made Apparent by One's Own Thought
THE BUDDHISM OF THE JAPANESE
CHAPTER IX. THE BUDDHISM OF THE JAPANESE
H[=o]-nen, Founder of the Pure Land Sect
Characteristics of the J[=o]-d[=o] Sect
"Reformed" Buddhism
The Protestants of Japanese Buddhism
The Nichiren Sect
The Ultra-realism of Northern Buddhism
Doctrinal Culmination
JAPANESE BUDDHISM IN ITS MISSIONARY DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER X. JAPANESE BUDDHISM IN ITS MISSIONARY DEVELOPMENT
The Purveyors of Civilization
Ministers of Art
Resemblances between Buddhism and Christianity
The Temples and Their Symbolism
The Bell and the Cemetery
Literature, and Education
The Attitude Toward Woman
A CENTURY OF ROMAN CHRISTIANITY
CHAPTER XI. A CENTURY OF ROMAN CHRISTIANITY
First Coming of Europeans
The Hostility of Hidéyoshi
The Quarrels of the Christians
The Books of the Inferno Opened
TWO CENTURIES OF SILENCE
CHAPTER XII. TWO CENTURIES OF SILENCE
Starving of the Mind
Protests of Inquiring Spirits
Seekers after God
The Shingaku Movement
The Imperial Embassy Round the World
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