Note: The titles of writings addressed to two or more persons appear after the name of each recipient. The numbers in parentheses following each title indicate the opening page in this volume.
Abutsu-bō: ・Reply to Abutsu-bō (683)
Akimoto Tarō: ・On the Five Seasonal Festivals (374)
Ben See Nisshō.
Buzen-bō: ・Jissō-ji Temple (726)
Chimyō-bō: ・Regarding Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (916)
Chōraku-ji: ・Letter to Chōraku-ji (332)
Daibutsu-den, superintendent of: ・Letter to the Superintendent of Daibutsu-den (326)
Daigaku Saburō: ・Discrepancies between the Provisional and the True Teachings (578)
Daishin, Āchārya: ・Letter to Ben (440)
Dōryū of Kenchō-ji: ・Letter to Dōryū of Kenchō-ji (322)
Five followers in prison: ・Letter to Five Followers in Prison (394)
Gōnin: ・Reply to a Communication from Gōnin (608)
Gyōbin: ・Reply to Gyōbin (384)
Gyōbu Saemon-no-jō, wife of: ・Reply to the Wife of Gyōbu Saemon-no-jō (894)
Hakiri Sanenaga: ・The Two Meanings Implied in the Nembutsu Leading to the Hell of Incessant Suffering (301); ・Leveling the Land (971); ・Arrival at Ikegami (994); ・On the Nation’s Slander of the Law (1025)
Hei no Saemon: ・Letter to Hei no Saemon-no-jō Yoritsuna (318); ・The Day before Yesterday (391)
Hōjō Tokimune: ・Letter to Hōjō Tokimune (314)
Hōjō Yagenta: ・Letter to Hōjō Yagenta (320); ・A Disease Passed on to One’s Children (497); ・Dōryū of Kenchō-ji Temple (762)
Hōki See Nikkō.
Hyōe no Sakan See Ikegami Munenaga.
Ikegami Munenaga: ・Kamatari Suggests the Fashioning of a Buddha Image (597); ・Reply to Hyōe no Sakan (754); ・A Harsh Winter Deep in the Mountains (806); ・Filial Sons (815); ・Brothers One in Mind (914); ・The Reconstruction of Hachiman Shrine (949); ・Reply to Hyōe no Sakan (1088)
Ikegami Munenaga, wife of: ・Bodhisattva Learned Youth (678); ・The Offering of Copper Vessels (719); ・Reply to the Wife of Hyōe no Sakan (1084)
Ikegami Munenaka: ・Letter to Two Persons (833); ・Listing the Successors of the Buddha’s Teaching (941); ・The Reconstruction of Hachiman Shrine (949); ・Reply to Tayū no Sakan (975)
Iwamoto Nitchū: ・Reply to the Sage Iwamoto Nitchū (1083)
Jirō Hyōe: ・Reply to Rokurō Jirō (680)
Jōen-bō: ・Why Present-Day Nembutsu Practitioners Are Destined for the Hell of Incessant Suffering (288)
Jōken-bō: ・Questions and Answers on the Object of Devotion (787)
Jōkōmyō-ji: ・Letter to Jōkōmyō-ji (329)
Jōren-bō: ・Letter to Jōren-bō (567)
Jufuku-ji: ・Letter to Jufuku-ji (328)
Kakushō-bō: ・Reply to Kakushō-bō (1085)
Kamakura Shogunate: ・Response to the Petition from Gyōbin (385)
Kōnichi, lay nun: ・Reply to the Honorable Kōnichi (962); ・Refuting Ryōkan and the Others (1046); ・Reply to the Lay Nun Kōnichi (1068)
Kubo, lay nun of: ・Reply to the Lay Nun of Kubo (755); ・On the Meritorious Act of Filial Devotion (816); ・Reply to the Lay Nun of Kubo (871); ・False Official Documents (877); ・On Aniruddha (881)
Matsuno Rokurō Saemon: ・The Span of One Kalpa (651); ・The Brahman Treasure Sea (676)
Matsuno Rokurō Saemon, wife of: ・Reply to Matsuno (752)
Matsuno Rokurō Saemon-no-jō, wife of: ・The Buddha Resides in a Pure Heart (885); ・Reply to the Lay Nun Matsuno (1089)
Misawa Kojirō: ・Reply to the Lay Priest Misawa (534)
Musashi, priest: ・Letter to Musashi (1084)
Musashi-kō: ・Finding a Copy of “The Commentary on the Ten Stages Sutra” (1010)
Myōhō, lay nun: ・The Importance of the Moment of Death (759); ・Condolences on a Deceased Husband (765)
Myōichi-nyo: ・The Attainment of Buddhahood in Principle and in Its Actual Aspect (890)
Myōshin, lay nun: ・The Tree of Mutual Love (867); ・Reply to the Lay Nun Myōshin (879)
Naiki Sakon, lay priest: ・A Visit as Rare as the Udumbara Flower (1075)
Nanjō Heishichirō: ・Offerings for the Object of Devotion (671); ・Acknowledging Various Offerings (756)
Nanjō Kurō Tarō: ・Reply to Kurō Tarō (664); ・Daimoku as the Seed of Buddhahood (804)
Nanjō Tokimitsu: ・On the Offering of a Mud Pie (499); ・New Year’s Greeting (530); ・The Source of Aniruddha’s Good Fortune (565); ・On Polished Wheat (575); ・Reply to Ueno (590); ・Jetavana Monastery (595); ・The Four Virtues and the Four Debts of Gratitude (636); ・Reply to Nanjō (655); ・The Large Carriage Drawn by a White Ox (723); ・Repairing the Hermitage (725); ・One Horseload of Salt (783); ・On the Three Calamities (802); ・Offerings in the Snow (809); ・On Treasure (818); ・Propagating the Law at the Appropriate Time (872); ・Protecting the Atsuhara Believers (882); ・The Treasure of a Child (884); ・Letter of Condolence (887); ・On the Sad News of Gorō’s Death (889); ・The Hundredth-Day Observance (919); ・One Drop of the Great Ocean (946); ・On the Difficulty of Believing in the Lotus Sutra (947); ・Teachings Depend on the Time and the Country (966); ・The Beginning of Spring (982)
Nanjō Tokimitsu, mother of: ・Reply to the Lay Nun (352); ・Reply to Ueno (495); ・Reply to the Lay Nun, Mother of Ueno (973)
Nanjō Tokimitsu, wife of: ・Reply to the Wife of Nanjō (753)
Nichiben: ・Reply to Hōki and the Others (820); ・The Ryūsen-ji Petition (822); ・Reply to the Sages (831)
Nichigen-nyo: ・Concerning the Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha Fashioned by Nichigen-nyo (811)
Nichirō: ・Letter to Two Persons (833)
Niida Shirō Nobutsuna and his wife: ・Letter to Niida (1067)
Nikkō: ・Reply to Hōki and the Others (820); ・Reply to the Sages (831); ・The Minobu Transfer Document (993); ・The Ikegami Transfer Document (996)
Nishiyama, lay priest: ・Snow and Lacquer (675); ・Reply to Nishiyama (978); ・Reply to Nishiyama (1089)
Nisshō: ・Letter to Ben (440); ・The Great Battle (465); ・Letter to Ben (661)
Nisshō, mother of: ・The Great Battle (465)
Nisshū: ・Reply to Hōki and the Others (820); ・The Ryūsen-ji Petition (822); ・Reply to the Sages (831)
Ōama: ・Reply to Ōama (1069)
Ōi, lay priest: ・Climbing Up Dragon Gate (673)
Ōta Jōmyō: ・The Annual Lecture on the Doctrines of the Great Teacher T’ien-t’ai (335); ・On the Relative Superiority of the Tendai and True Word Schools (523); ・On the Five Guides for Propagation (540); ・The Woman Who Gave a Piece of Gold (681); ・On the Importance of the “Expedient Means” and “Life Span” Chapters (746); ・On the Great Teacher Jikaku (874); ・On the Receiving of the Three Great Secret Laws (984)
Ōta Jōmyō, wife of: ・On Attaining Buddhahood in One’s Present Form (584); ・On the Eight Cold Hells (721); ・Reply to the Wife of Ōta (785)
Oto, mother of: ・Letter to the Mother of Oto (1030)
Renjō: ・Letter to Renjō (3)
Rokurō Jirō: ・Reply to Rokurō Jirō (680)
Ryōkan of Gokuraku-ji: ・Letter to Ryōkan of Gokuraku-ji (324)
Sadashige: ・Reply to Sadashige (1086)
Sairen-bō: ・The Oral Tradition regarding the Enlightenment of Plants (429); ・Letter Sent with the Prayer Sutra (459); ・Establishing the Correct Method of Contemplation (509); ・Cover Letter for the Work Entitled “Establishing the Correct Method of Contemplation” (535); ・On the Eighteen Perfections (900)
Sajiki, lady of: ・Reply to the Lady of Sajiki (734)
Sammi-bō: ・Questions and Answers on the Various Schools (10); ・The Portable Shrine Incidents (304); ・On the Proper Way to Preach the Doctrine (338); ・On the Ten Chapters of “Great Concentration and Insight” (377); ・Letter to Ben (440); ・Examining the True Word School (441)
Shijō Kingo: ・Regarding the Birth of Kyō’ō (457); ・Letter of Instruction on Debating the Doctrine (591); ・Nine Thoughts to One Word (730); ・The Eighth Day (980)
Shimoyama Mitsumoto: ・Letter to Shimoyama (684)
Soya Kyōshin: ・Distinguishing the Lotus Sutra from the True Word Sutras (503); ・On the Five Guides for Propagation (540); ・The Refutation of the Three Great Teachers (954)
Superintendent of Seichō-ji: ・Reply to the Temple Superintendent (1032)
Tahō-ji: ・Letter to Tahō-ji (331)
Takahashi Rokurō Hyōe, wife of: ・Reply to the Wife of Takahashi (593)
Tayū no Sakan See Ikegami Munenaka.
Toki Jōnin: ・Concerning the Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha Made by Toki (354); ・On the True Word Teaching Ranking Seventh (357); ・Errors of the Eight Schools (417); ・Why No Protection from the Heavenly Gods? (432); ・Errors of the True Word and Other Schools (434); ・The Joy of Fulfilling the Sutra Teachings (463); ・Damage by Locusts (467); ・The Differences between Hinayana and Mahayana (468); ・The Way to Minobu (480); ・Choosing the Heart of the Lotus Sutra (481); ・A Mother’s Gift of a Robe (532); ・Understanding the Meaning of “The Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind” (604); ・On Forgetting the Copy of the Sutra (657); ・Prayer for the Lay Nun’s Recovery (666); ・How the Gods Protect the Place of Practice (668); ・What It Means to Hear the Buddha Vehicle for the First Time (741); ・The Battle of Kōan (967); ・On a Disciple’s Attitude in Court (1008); ・Letter to Toki (1082); ・Praying for the Prolonging of the Lay Nun’s Life (1082); ・An Offering of Rice (1088)
Toki Jōnin, wife of: ・Cloth for a Robe and an Unlined Robe (602); ・Letter to the Lay Nun, Wife of Toki (869)
Yadoya Mitsunori: ・Letter to the Lay Priest Yadoya (312); ・Letter to Yadoya Saemon Mitsunori (317)
Zenichi, lay nun: ・Letter to the Lay Nun Zenichi (1058)
Followers in general: ・Letter to My Disciples and Lay Supporters (333); ・Regarding the Little Mongol State (953)
Recipients unknown: ・On the Attainment of Buddhahood by Women (306); ・An Offering of Soybeans (356); ・Regarding an Unlined Robe (599); ・Rulers of the Land of the Gods (612); ・On Shan-wu-wei (628); ・Priestly Robes (944); ・On the Large Carriages Drawn by White Oxen (976); ・On Three Seating Mats (991); ・Great Reward (1028); ・Recovering from Illness (1034); ・The Hell of Incessant Suffering in One’s Present Existence (1056); ・One Horseload of Taros (1059); ・On the Three Virtues of Food (1060); ・In the Continent of Jambudvīpa (1061); ・When the Roots Are Exposed, the Branches Wither (1065); ・On Clothing and Food (1066); ・On Sun of Wisdom and the Sun Goddess (1070); ・The Domain of Shakyamuni (1071); ・On Namu (1073); ・On the Benefits of the Daimoku (1074); ・Eternity, Happiness, True Self, and Purity (1076); ・The Thus Come One Shakyamuni (1078); ・On Losing Faith and Falling into Evil (1079); ・“Their Views Were Widely Accepted as Authoritative” (1080); ・Not a One Will Fail to Attain Buddhahood (1081); ・A Copy of “On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land” (1083); ・On the Long Rains (1085); ・Hulled Wheat (1086); ・On Meeting with the Late Lay Priest of Saimyō-ji (1087); ・On Adhering to the Correct Teachings (1087); ・On the One Great Matter (1088); ・On the First Harvest of the Year (1089)
Reference Works: ・Nembutsu and the Hell of Incessant Suffering (24); ・Sovereign, Teacher, and Parent (35); ・The Meaning of the Sacred Teachings of the Buddha’s Lifetime (44); ・On the Principle of Three Thousand Realms in a Single Moment of Life (71); ・On the Ten Factors (78); ・The Doctrine of Three Thousand Realms in a Single Moment of Life (82); ・On the Protection of the Nation (92); ・On the Ten Worlds (158); ・Persons of the Two Vehicles and Bodhisattvas Cannot Attain Buddhahood in the Pre-Lotus Sutra Teachings (174); ・On Dealing with Disaster (179); ・Explaining the Causation of the Ten Worlds (193); ・On Reciting the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra (211); ・Diagram of the Five Periods of the Buddha’s Lifetime Teachings (238); ・What It Means to Slander the Law (246); ・On the Relative Superiority of the Lotus Sutra and the True Word Teachings (274); ・On the Relative Superiority of the True Word and Tendai Schools (364); ・Dialogues for Quick Victory (396); ・Dialogue on the Lotus and Pure Land Teachings (411); ・Making Clear the Meaning of Establishing the Correct Teaching (505); ・Oral Exposition concerning the Transmission of the Essence of the Lotus Sutra to Bodhisattva Superior Practices (640); ・Diagram of the Five Periods of the Buddha’s Lifetime Teachings (736); ・The Unanimous Declaration by the Buddhas of the Three Existences regarding the Classification of the Teachings and Which Are to Be Abandoned and Which Upheld (835); ・On Reprimanding Hachiman (920); ・The Relative Merit of Reciting the Daimoku and Amida’s Name (997); ・Regarding the Attainment of Buddhahood by Persons of the Two Vehicles (1012); ・Rooster Diagram of the Five Periods of the Buddha’s Lifetime Teachings (1035)