Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS V
3. LIST OF CHARTS VII
4. ABBREVIATIONS IX
5. PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION XI
6. PREFACE 1
7. CHAPTER ONE. BACKGROUND: BUDDHISM DURING THE LATE NARA PERIOD 3
8. PART I BIOGRAPHY OF SAICHŌ
9. CHAPTER TWO. EARLY YEARS 17
10. CHAPTER THREE. THE YEARS ON MOUNT HIEI 27
11. CHAPTER FOUR. VOYAGE TO CHINA 38
12. CHAPTER FIVE. RETURN TO JAPAN 65
13. CHAPTER SIX. RELATIONS WITH KŪKAI 77
14. CHAPTER SEVEN. THE PROPAGATION AND DEFENSE OF THE TENDAI SCHOOL 88
15. CHAPTER EIGHT. THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE BODHISATTVA PRECEPTS 107
16. PART TWO SAICHŌ'S VIEW OF THE PRECEPTS
17. CHAPTER NINE. THE ROLE OF THE PRECEPTS IN SAICHŌ'S THOUGHT 169
18. CHAPTER TEN THE PROVISIONAL HĪNAYĀNA ORDINATION (KEJU SHŌKAI) 195
19. CHAPTER ELEVEN. SAICHŌ'S SOURCES FOR THE PERFECT PRECEPTS: THE LOTUS SŪTRA AND THE FAN WANG CHING 206
20. CHAPTER TWELVE. THE MAJOR INFLUENCES ON SAICHŌ'S VIEW OF THE PRECEPTS 213
21. CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE INTEGRATION OF THE TEACHINGS OF JAPANESE TENDAI 247
22. PART THREE. THE EFFECTS OF SAICHŌ'S REFORMS DURING THE EARLY HEIAN PERIOD
23. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS 267
24. CHAPTER FIFTEEN. SAICHŌ'S DISCIPLES AND THE PRECEPTS 286
25. CHAPTER SIXTEEN. CONCLUSION 304
26. BIBLIOGRAPHY 307
27. INDEX 319