Lloyds historical sketches of the evolution of Buddhism in Japan provide a wealth of knowledge.

Contents:

PREFACE

CHAPTER I - Mahyna

CHAPTER II - The Stage on which S'akyamuni made his Appearance

CHAPTER III - The Buddha and his Greatest Disciple

CHAPTER IV - The Pre-Christian Expansion of Buddhism

CHAPTER V - Pusityamitra

CHAPTER VI - The New Testament in Touch with the East

CHAPTER VII - Alexandria and Antioch at the Time of Christ

CHAPTER VIII - The Legend of St. Thomas

CHAPTER IX - The Call from China

CHAPTER X - Buddhism just before the Coming of Christianity

CHAPTER XI - As'vaghosha

CHAPTER XII - Ngrjuna

CHAPTER XIII - The Missionaries of the Han

CHAPTER XIV - Dharmagupta

CHAPTER XV - Manichaeism

CHAPTER XVI -China in the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Centuries

CHAPTER XVII - Buddhism reaches Japan

CHAPTER XVIII - The Crown Prince ShMtoku Taishi

CHAPTER XIX - Buddhism during the Nara Period from A.D. 621-782

CHAPTER XX - Heian Buddhism

CHAPTER XXI - "Namudaishi"

CHAPTER XXII - The Buddhism of the Gempei Period

CHAPTER XXIII - The Buddhism of Kamakura

CHAPTER XXIV - Nichiren and the Earlier Sects

CHAPTER XXV - "RisshM Ankoku Ron"

CHAPTER XXVI - The Mongols

CHAPTER XXVII - The Buddhism of the Muromachi Age

CHAPTER XXVIII - The Period of the Catholic Missions

CHAPTER XXIX - The Buddhism of the Tokugawa Period

CHAPTER XXX - Recapitulation