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Nichiren Daishonin walking through the snow at Tsukahara during his Exile on Sado Island, from the series Sketches of the Life of the Great Priest (高祖御一代略図). Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川 国芳).

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Volume 1: Examining Chapters 1-2 (Introduction; Expedient Means)

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9

Volume 2: Examining Chapters 3-10 (Simile and Parable; Belief and Understanding; Parable of the Medicinal Herbs; Bestowal of Prophecy; Parable of the Phantom City; Five Hundred Disciples; Prophecies; Teacher of the Law)

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7

Volume 3: Examining Chapters 11-15 (The Emergence of the Treasure Tower; Devadatta; Encouraging Devotion; Peaceful Practices; Emerging from the Earth)

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9

Volume 4: Examining Chapter 16 (The Life Span of the Thus Come One)

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11

Volume 5: Examining Chapters 17-22 (Distinctions in Benefits; Responding with Joy; Teacher of the Law; Bodhisattva Never Disparaging; Supernatural Powers; Entrustment)

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9

Volume 6: Examining Chapters 23-28 (Former Affairs of the Bodhisattva Medicine King; The Bodhisattva Wonderful Sound; The Universal Gateway of the Bodhisattva Perceiver of the World’s Sounds; Dharani; Former Affairs of King Wonderful Adornment; Encouragements of the Bodhisattva Universal Worthy)

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8

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Nichiren Daishonin in exile on Sado Island. Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年).

“Now there is no need to attempt to surmise yourself how things will go. Whether or not your prayer is answered will depend on your faith; [if it is not] I will in no way be to blame. When water is clear, the moon is reflected. When the wind blows, the trees shake. Our minds are like the water. Faith that is weak is like muddy water, while faith that is brave is like clear water. Understand that the trees are like principles, and the wind that shakes them is like the recitation of the sutra.” (WND-I, 1079)