Chapter 9

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The Jō-dō or Pure Land sect.--Substitution of faith in Amida for the eight-fold Path.--Succession of the propagators of true doctrine.--Zendō and Hō-nen.--The Japanese path-finder to the Pure Land.--Doctrine of Jō-dō.--Buddhistic influence on the Japanese language.--Incessant repetition of prayers.--The Pure Land in the West.--The Buddhist doctrine of justification by faith.--Hō-nen's universalism.--Tendency of doctrinal development after Hō-nen.--"Reformed" Buddhism.--Synergism _versus_ salvation by faith only.--Life of Shinran.--Posthumous honors.--Policy and aim of the Shin sect, methods and scriptures.