ILLUSTRATIONS.

1.

The Gateway to the Shrine at Higashi-Ōtani.

2.

The Eastern Hongwanji Temple at Karasumaru.

I. HISTORY.

Chapter.

Page.

I.

Shinran Shōnin

1

II.

The Hongwanji

25

III.

The Eastern Hongwanji

42

II. PRINCIPAL TEACHINGS OF THE TRUE SECT.

I.

The Canonical Books

51

II.

Systematisation

56

III.

Why called the True Sect?

64

IV.

Salvation.

70

V.

Faith

81

VI.

Life.

86