Chapter Xii. Of Faith In General : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 93 CHAPTER XII. "OF FAITH IN GENERAL", ("I"). (Extracts from ancient writers.) I have judged it best in this chapter, instead of following the order of the questions and answers in "Shinshu Hyakuwa" (of which a short analysis will be found...
Chapter Xxiv. Conclusion : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 151 CHAPTER XXIV. "CONCLUSION". ( 100) In the last paragraph of "Shinshu Hyakuwa" its author asks why it is that, in spite of the great and attractive mercies of Amida, Faith should be so rare and so feeble in this land of Japan. He finds...
Appendix I. Komyoji : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 154 APPENDIX I. "KMYJI" (#). In the year 614 A.D. a boy was born in China. By what precise name his parents first knew him I do not know. Judging from the analogy of other men similarly situated, he had many names at different periods of his...
Chapter Vi. Objects Of Worship : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 57 CHAPTER VI. "OBJECTS OF WORSHIP". 28, 29, 30. The Shinshu has as its principal object of Veneration the Tathgata Amitbha, "that is to say Namu-Amida-Butsu." * In the house-hold shrines of the laity there is no other object of worship but...
Chapter X. Shinnyo Hosho : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 83 CHAPTER X. "SHINNYO HSH". ( 47, 48, 49, 50, 51) I read some months ago, in the "Guardian", a short review of a small treatise on God by an author hitherto unknown to me. The author's argument was that God may, for practical purposes, be...
Chapter Xviii. The Shinshu On Faith Healing : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 129 CHAPTER XVIII "THE SHINSHU ON FAITH-HEALING". ( 88. 89.) In other sects of Buddhism, much use is made of spells, incantations, and prayers, as means of obtaining from the celestial powers the fulfilment of our desires; also of auguries...
Untitled : * The Reverend Arthur Lloyd spent many years in Japan as a missionary and scholar. He extensively studied the Pure Land school of Buddhism, particularly the Shinshu sect founded by Shinran Shonen (b. 1173, d. 1262). This book centers around Lloyd's translation of the 'Shoshinge' or "Hymn of True...
Chapter Xiv. After Justification : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 109 CHAPTER XIV. "AFTER JUSTIFICATION". ( 71, 72, 73, 74, 75) We have now reached that portion of the Shinshu Catechism which deals with "Zokutaimon", i.e. with the earthly life of the believer after he has received justification by Faith...
Preface : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], And he said unto them: "If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle." PREFACE I must not allow my book to come out without expressing a word of thanks to friends who have helped me; to Mr. Tada, for his translati...
Chapter Xx. The Care Of The Dead. Days : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 141 CHAPTER XX. "THE CARE OF THE DEAD". (II) DAYS OF MOURNING &C. ( 91-95). There are certain festivals in Japanese Buddhism connected with the dead in general. I. "Higan". Periods of seven days at the spring and autumn Equinoxes, devoted...
Chapter Xxi. Morning And Evening Prayers : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 145 CHAPTER XXI. "MORNING AND EVENING PRAYERS". There are in Shinshuism two kinds of places of worship, "ji-in" and "zaike". The first is a large temple served by numerous priests, and exhibiting as it were a model of contiguous worship...
Title Page : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], SHINRAN AND HIS WORK STUDIES IN SHINSHU THEOLOGY BY REV. ARTHUR LLOYD, M.A. TOKYO KYOBUNKWAN [1910] Scanned, proofed and formatted , December 2008, by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published pri...
Chapter Viii. Amida Nyorai : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 71 CHAPTER VIII. "AMIDA NYORAI". (, 37-41). Momotose mo Inoru kokoro no Hakanasa yo, Namu Amida Bu no Muryj naru ni. "What a vain prayer it is, to ask for a hundred years of life, when Amida is yours, whose Life is Everlasting!" It is said...
Chapter Xvii. Keijin : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 123 CHAPTER XVII "KEIJIN". (#) ( 86-87) The paragraph in the Catechism, on which this chapter is based, discusses the attitude of the Shinshu believer towards other forms of faith, and especially of Buddhist faith. The word "Keijin" does not...
Chapter Iii. Shinran, The Founder Of Shinshu : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 15 CHAPTER III. "SHINRAN, THE FOUNDER OF SHINSHU". ( 18, 19, 20.) Shinran Shnin, to give him the name by which he was called during the greater part of his life, and by which he is still mostly known, * was born in the year 1173 A.D...
Chapter Ii. The Shinshu In Its Relations : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 9 CHAPTER II. "THE SHINSHU IN ITS RELATIONS TO S'AKYAMUNI AND TO BUDDHISM IN GENERAL". ( 1-17.) * The Shinshu claims to be a Buddhistic sect.--Buddhism, as a religion, presupposes no creator, only a Law of Cause and Effect which has always...
Chapter Vii. Shintai And Zokutai : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 63 CHAPTER VII. "SHINTAI AND ZOKUTAI". 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37. In the romantic history of Shinran's life, to which I have already made allusion, there is a very pretty little story about his courtship. I will not vouch for its historical...
Chapter Xv. Ho On : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 115 CHAPTER XV. "H-ON" (#). ( 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83) The word "H on" is not one that is absolutely peculiar to the Shinshu Body. But it is one that, taken into the Shinshu system of theology, has acquired an entirely fresh import...
Chapter Xiii. Of Faith In General : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 102 CHAPTER XIII. "OF FAITH IN GENERAL", ("II"). Summary of the Questions and Answers in "Shinshu Hyakuwa". ( 52-70). 52. Amida, it is said, has two qualities ("toku") whereby He saves us--Mercy and Wisdom. We, sentient Beings, travail in p...
Chapter Ix. Hozo Biku : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 77 CHAPTER IX. "HZ BIKU". ( 40-46) We now come to one of the most interesting features of the Shinshu system. Amitbha, the Unoriginate, the Boundless in Power and in Love, the Being through Whom the worlds were made, in accordance with...
Appendix Iii. Caulaucau : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 181 APPENDIX III. CAULAUCAU. At the last moment before publication I have been fortunate enough to make a "find" which I hope will interest my readers, both in Japan and elsewhere. It bears out what I have said previously in a note...
Chapter Xvi. Sozoku : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 122 CHAPTER XVI "SZOKU". (#) ( 83-85) It is necessary that the Faith in Amida once implanted in the heart should be kept alive. Man's heart is changeable and fickle, but there are means whereby the Faith may be prevented from decaying within us...
Chapter I. Introductory : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 1 SHINRAN AND HIS WORK. COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN SHINSHU THEOLOGY. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. It is my intention in these lectures to sketch, for my own benefit, as well as for that of my Readers, the history and doctrine of the "Shinsh" or "True...
Chapter Xxii. Fasts And Festivals : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 147 CHAPTER XXII. "FASTS AND FESTIVALS". ( 97) The following fasts and festivals are observed in the Shinshu Sect. Jan. 1-3 New Year's Celebrations. 25 Commemoration of Honen Shnin. March The Vernal Equinox (one week). April 1 Birthday...
Chapter Xi. The Salvation Of Sentient Beings : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 89 Chapter XI. "The Salvation Of Sentient Beings". ( 52-59.) "Amida, says the Shinshuist, saves us by the exercise of His two great attributes of Mercy and Wisdom" ("hi-chi" no ni-toku wo motte warera wo sukuu 52). * He saves the world by...
Chapter Xxiii. Fasting : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 149 CHAPTER XXIII. "FASTING". (Shjin #) ( 98) The word "shjin", though generally limited to fasting from meat, really has a much wider signification. It implies the purification of the soul from every impurity that may prove an obstacle in its...
Chapter Xix. The Care Of The Dead : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 134 CHAPTER XIX. "THE CARE OF THE DEAD". (A Shinshu Funeral.) In the older Jdo Sect, there is a pretty custom connected with the death of a believer. A picture of Amida is hung on the wall near the head of the sick bed, and a silken or other...
Chapter V. The Shoshinge : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 35 CHAPTER V. "THE SHSHINGE". Before proceeding with the treatment of my subject it will be well for me to put my readers in possession of this celebrated poem * or hymn, composed by the great Shinran himself, which is said to form a part...
Chapter Iv. The Shinshu After Shinran's Death : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 27 CHAPTER IV. "THE SHINSHU AFTER SHINRAN'S DEATH". ( 21-24). Shinran's remains were cremated at the Enninji temple, and his ashes buried at tani on the outskirts of Kyoto. He left behind him several children, mostly sons, with at least one...
Appendix Ii. Manichaean Influences In The Shinshu : * "Shinran and His Work", by Arthur Lloyd, [1910], p. 178 APPENDIX II. "MANICHAEAN INFLUENCES IN THE SHINSHU". There are good grounds for affirming that Zend was acquainted with Manichaeanism and that he borrowed some parts of his system, at least, from that religion. (i) Zend is said to have...
