Writings of Nichiren Shonin Doctrine 1: Volume 1

This volume, the 10th project of the English Translation Committee of the Nichiren Shu Overseas Propagation Promotion Association (NOPPA), constitutes all eighteen writings of Nichiren included in the Nichiren Shonin Zenshu, Complete Writings of Nichiren Shonin, Volume I: Theology 1 in 1992.

The Nichiren Shonin Zenshu is a modern Japanese version of Nichiren’s original writings, translated and edited with annotations by modern scholars of Nichiren Buddhism. Despite its all-inclusive titles, the Zenshu is highly selective in that it takes into account only writings considered bibliographically authentic (i.e., attested to by original manuscripts). Amounts such texts, those included in the Showa Teihon Nichiren Shonin Ibun (Writings of Nichiren Shonin Standardized in the Showa Period), complied by the Rissho Daigaku Nichiren Kyogaku Kenkyu-jo (Center for the Study of Nichiren Buddhism), are considered the most authoritative, and they provide the basic texts for this volume.

This second edition is the first volume in NOPPA’s digital revision of the seven-volume series of the Writings of Nichiren Shonin, part of the effort to create a comprehensive and searchable e-book that includes all seven volumes.

Table of Contents

l. Shugo Kokka-ron (ST 15) 1 Treatise on Protecting the Nation

1. Sainan Koki Yurai (ST 20) 75 The Cause of Misfortunes

2. Sainan Taiji-sho (ST 21) 82 Treatise on the Elimination of Calamities

3. Rissho Ankoku-ron (ST 24) 96 Treatise on Spreading Peace Throughout the Country by Establishing the True Dharma

4. Ankoku-ron Soejo (ST 48) 132 Covering Letter to the Rissho Ankoku-ron

5. Ankoku-ron Gokanyurai (ST 49) 134 The Reason for Submitting the Rissho Ankoku-ron

6. Yadoya Nyudo Sai-gojo (ST 51) 139 Second Letter to Lay Priest Yadoya

7. Ankoku-ron Okugaki (ST 69) 141 Postscript to the Rissho Ankoku-ron

8. Ko Saimyoji Nyudo Kenzan Gosho (ST 71) 143 Letter about Meeting the Late Lay Priest Saimyoji

9. Kingo-dono Gohenji (ST 73) 144 A Reply to Lord Ota Jomyo

10. Ankoku-ron Sojo (ST 108) 147 A Letter Requesting the Rissho Ankoku-ron

11. Muso Gosho (ST 111) 148 Record of a Dream

12. Kassen Zai-Genzen Gosho (ST 155) 149 A War Right Under Your Nose

13. Ken Rissho-i Sho (ST 156) 150 A Tract Revealing the Gist of the Rissho Ankoku-ron

14. Shinkoku-o Gosho (ST 168) 154 Sovereigns of Our Divine Land

15. Senji-sho (ST 181) 171 Selecting the Right Time

16. Gonin-jo Gohenji (ST 200) 229 Response to Gonin’s Letter

17. Kangyo Hachiman-sho (ST 395) 232 Admonition of Bodhisattva Hachiman

Glossary 253

Japanese Equivalents 319

Index 327