THE BUDDHA WRITINGS
OF
NICHIREN DAISHÔNIN

Translated by Martin Bradley

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Covering Letter
An Introduction (in 8 parts)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Chapter 1
The Oral Transmission on the Significance of the Dharma Flower Sutra,
part 1
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Chapter 2
Thesis on the Whole being Contained in the One Instant of Mind
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Chapter 3
Thesis on the Significance of the Actual Fundamental Substance
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Chapter 4
A Collation of the Layers of the Various Teachings of All the Buddhas
of the Past, Present and Future as to Which Specific Doctrines
are to be Discarded or Established
~ Translator's Note ~
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Chapter 5
The Matter of Accepting and Undertaking to Serve
the Three Esoteric Dharmas
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Chapter 6
Thesis on the Real Aspect of All Dharmas
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Chapter 7
The Esoteric Oral Transmission Concerning Plants, Trees and the
Environment having their Inherent Buddha Nature made Manifest
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Chapter 8
A Reply to Shijô Kingo,
Troublesome Worries are not Separate from Enlightenment
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Chapter 9
Concerning the Ten Such Qualities
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Chapter 10
A Letter to the Religious Abutsu
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Chapter 11
Essay on the Chain of the Twelve Causes and Karmic Circumstances
that Run through the Whole of Sentient Existence
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Chapter 12
Securing the Peace of the Realm through the Establishment
of the Correct Dharma
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Chapter 13
Thesis on Questions and Answers Concerning
the Fundamental Object of Veneration
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Chapter 14
Thesis on Becoming a Buddha in a Single Lifetime
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Chapter 15
Thesis on the Fundamental Object of Veneration for Contemplating
the Mind Instigated by the Bodhisattva Jôgyô for the Fifth Five
Hundred Years Period after the Tathâgata’s Passing over to nirvana
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Glossary
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The Art of Martin Bradley
~ Martin Bradley's last exhibition ~
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NOTES