Chapter 4

The Heritage of  Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism and the Soka Gakkai

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1) Nikko Shonin and his School

              Return of Nikko

              Departure from Minobu

             After Nikko

             After Nichican

2) The Founding and Development of the Soka Gakkai
 

           1. The History of the Soka Gakkai and the Lives of the Three Presidents
               Tsunesaburo Makiguchi
               Josei Toda
               Daisaku Ikeda

  

         2.  The Series of the Seven Bells

           3. Activities of the SGI in the Fields of Peace, Culture and Education
                           The Basic Activities of the Soka Gakkai            
                           The SGI Charter
                           Peace, Culture and Education
                           Appendix

b) The Soka Gakkai and the Nichiren Shoshu priesthood

            The Priesthood’s Wartime Behaviour

           The Soka Gakkai’s Post-war Expansion

           The Ogasawara Incident

           Propagation Led by Josei Toda 

           The Second Phase of Kosen-rufu’ and the Temple Issue

           Construction of the Grand Main Temple  

           Issues Between the Priesthood and the Gakkai in the 1970s

c) Activities of the SGI in the fields of peace, education and culture

d) Appendix