CHAPTER VIII. RELEASE AND RETIREMENT; FURTHER CONFIRMATION OF HIS FAITH

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. CONTENTS ix
4. CHAPTER I. NICHIREN AND HIS TIME 3
5. CHAPTER II. NICHIREN'S BIRTH, STUDIES, AND CONVERSION. THE LOTUS OF TRUTH 12
6. CHAPTER III. NICHIREN'S PUBLIC APPEARANCE AND PERSECUTION 33
7. CHAPTER IV. AN INTERLUDE AND A NARROW ESCAPE 45
8. CHAPTER V. THE THREATENING MONGOL INVASION AND THE SENTENCE OF DEATH 52
9. .CHAPTER VI THE EXILE IN SADO AND THE RIPENING OF NICHIREN'S FAITH IN HIS MISSION 60
10. CHAPTER VII. THE CLIMAX OF NICHIREN'S LIFE; THE GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF THE SUPREME BEING 76
11. CHAPTER VIII. RELEASE AND RETIREMENT; FURTHER CONFIRMATION OF HIS FAITH 88
12. CHAPTER IX. A PARADISE ON EARTH AND THE HOLY SEE 97
13. CHAPTER X. SILENT PRAYER AND ANXIOUS WATCHING 112
14. CHAPTER XI. THE LAST STAGE OF NICHIREN'S LITE AND HIS DEATH 130
15. APPENDIX
16. APPENDIX. THE BUDDHIST CONCEPTION OF REALITY 137