31 Rennyo: Letters of Saint Rennyo (1474/75/76)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Instructions for Use XI
4. About the Editors XIII
5. Secularity in South Asia, East Asia, Inner Asia and the Himalayan Region: Introduction 1
6. South Asia
7. Buddhist India & Sri Lanka
8. 1 The Dīgha Nikāya: The Discourse of Ambattha (ca. 5th–1st Century BCE) 35
9. 2 The Dīgha Nikāya: The Discourse of the Lion’s Roar of a Wheel-Turning Monarch (ca. 5th–1st Century BCE) 38
10. 3 King Kassapa V: Anurādhapura Slab Inscription (919 CE) 42
11. 4 Jayabāhu Dharmakīrti: Compendium of the Buddhist Lineages (14th or 15th Century) 49
12. 5 Anāgatavaṃsa (Deśanā): The Chronicle of the Future (date uncertain, before 14th Century) 53
13. 6 Anāgatavaṃsa (Deśanā): Exposition of the Chronicle of the Future (ca. 14th Century) 58
14. 7 The Dīgha Nikāya: The Discourse of the Lion’s Roar of a Wheel-Turning Monarch (ca. 5th–1st Century BCE) 62
15. 8 D. C. Wijewardena: The Revolt in the Temple (1953) 70
16. East Asia
17. China
18. 9 Mozi: Defending the Belief in the Existence of Gods and Spirits (ca. 5th Century BCE) 99
19. 10 Xunzi: Rational Interpretation of Nature and the Rejection of the Belief in Spirits (ca. 3rd Century BCE) 103
20. 11 The Controversy Over the Relationship Between Buddhism and the State in the Fourth Century (4th Century) 109
21. 12 The Sacred and the Secular in a Medieval Chinese Buddhist Scripture – The Sūtra on the Analogy of the Physician (ca. 1000 CE) 115
22. 13 Han Yu: Critique of Buddhism (819 CE) 119
23. 14 Religion in the Law Codes of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1552) 123
24. 15 Li Fu: The Shortcomings of Teachings Dealing with Transcendent Matters (1740) 128
25. 16 Peng Guangyu: Confucianism is Not a Religion (1893) 134
26. 17 Kang Youwei: Proposal to Establish Confucianism as the State Religion (1898) 144
27. 18 Chen Duxiu: On the Question of a Confucian State Religion (1917) 156
28. 19 Mao Zedong: Overthrowing Religious Authority (1927) 163
29. 20 The Chinese Communist Party’s View on Religion (1982) 169
30. Vietnam
31. 21 Lê Quý Đôn: Categorised Discourse from the Palace Library (1773) 183
32. Korea
33. 22 Ch’oe Han’gi: Rectification of the Teachings and Doctrines of the World According to Heaven and Man (1833) 195
34. Japan
35. 23 Jōkei: The Kōfukuji Petition (1205) 203
36. 24 Ji’en: Notes on Foolish Views (ca. 1220) 207
37. 25 Clergy of the Enryakuji: Statement by the Great Assembly [of Monks] of the Enryakuji – Notes on Stopping the [Movement of the] Single-Minded and Exclusive Practice [of Buddha- Recollection] (1224) 213
38. 26 Nichiren: On the Four Stages of Faith and the Five Stages of Practice (1277) 217
39. 27 Nichiren: On the Receiving of the Three Great Secret Laws (1281) 221
40. 28 Zonkaku: On Destroying the False and Revealing the Correct (1344) 224
41. 29 Musō Soseki: Dialogues in a Dream (1344) 227
42. 30 Anonymous: Tale of the Heike (ca. 1371) 235
43. 31 Rennyo: Letters of Saint Rennyo (1474/75/76) 240
44. 32 Luís Fróis: Of the Conversion of Dōsan (1585) 245
45. 33 Anonymous: Decree on Banishing Christian Missionaries (1587) 250
46. 34 Ishin Sūden: Statement on the Expulsion of the Missionaries (1614) 252
47. 35 Shingyō: Mountains, Seas and Villages (1825) 257
48. 36 Shimaji Mokurai: The Source of Religion (1872) 261
49. 37 Fukuda Gidō: Discussing the Primacy of the Ruler’s Law in the True School [of Pure Land Buddhism] (1877) 268
50. 38 Hakoya Tokuryō: On the Doctrine of Buddha Dharma and Ruler’s Law Being Like Wheels and Wings (1887) 275
51. 39 Suzuki Daisetsu Teitarō: A New Theory of Religion (Shin-shūkyō ron新宗教論, 1896) 285
52. 40 The Treatment of ‘Religion’ in the Constitutions of Japan (1889, 1947) and Proposed Revisions to Articles 20 and 89 of the Postwar Constitution by the Liberal Democratic Party (2012) 295
53. 41 The Liberal Democratic Party’s Constitutional Reform Promotion Department: Questions and Answers to the Draft Proposal for Revisions to the Constitution of Japan (2013) 301
54. 42 Supreme Commander of Allied Powers (SCAP): The Shinto Directive 15 December 1945 303
55. 43 Yoshihiko Ashizu: The Shinto Directive and Constitution from the Standpoint of a Shintoist (1960) 309
56. 44 Shinshū Ōtani-ha: Resolution Against the ‘Revision’ of the Fundamental Law of Education (2004) and Comment by the Shinshū Ōtani-ha President on the ‘Revision of the Organ Transplant Law’ (2009) 312
57. Inner Asia and the Himalayas
58. Tibet
59. 45 The Fifth Dalai Lama: The Pearl Rosary: Advice on Combining the Two Traditions (undated, ca. 1645) 321
60. 46 Doring Tenzin Penjor: The Biography of Doring Paṇḍita (ca. 1806) 330
61. 47 Gendun Chopel: Grains of Gold: Tales of a Cosmopolitan Traveler (1940/1941) 336
62. Bhutan
63. 48 Zhapdrung Ngawang Namgyel: Sixteen I’s (ca. first half 17th Century) 343
64. 49 Bhutanese Legal Code from 1729 348
65. Mongolia
66. 50 Qutuγtai Sečen Qung Tayiji, comp.: The White History of the Ten Meritorious Doctrines (16th Century) 363
67. 51 Zava Damdin Lubsangdamdin: Annotations that Clarify the Meaning of Some of the Holy Emperors’ Secret Prophecies (1924) 367
68. Buryatia
69. 52 Wangdan Yum čüng: History of the Qori Buryats (1875) 375
70. List of Figures 379
71. Global Secularity. A Sourcebook 381