Content Table and Authors.- Introduction.- A: Basic Issues in Japanese Buddhist Philosophy.- Chapter 1: "Japanese Buddhism" or "Buddhism in Japan.- The Category "Japanese Buddhism"; Richard Payne.- Is There Such a Thing as Buddhist Philosophy in Japan? John Maraldo.- Buddhist Philosophy; Makio Takemura, translator: Eiji Suhara.- The Role of Women in Japanese Buddhist Philosophy; Michiko Yusa.

- Buddhist Theory and Culture in Japan; Rein Raud.- Chapter 2: Current Issues in Japanese Buddhist Philosophy.- The Reception of Buddhist Thought by Contemporary Philosophers in Japan; Ralf Mueller.- Interaction Between Japanese Buddhist Philosophy and Confucianism; Tomomi Asakura.- The Philosophy Underlying Buddhist Art; Pamela Winfield.- Violence and Salvation in Buddhism; Manabu Watanabe.- Buddhist Socialist Thought in Modern Japan; James Shields.- B: Individual Thinkers.

- Chapter 3: Japanese Buddhist Philosophy Before the Meiji Period.- Saicho; Victor Forte.- Kukai; David Gardiner.- Jokei; Jay Ford.- Honen; Mark Blum.- Dogen; Steven Heine.- Keizan; Shudo Ishii, translator: Ching-yuen Cheung.- Shinran; Dennis Hirota.

- Nichiren; Ruben Habito.- Chugan Engetsu; Steffen Doell.- Takuan Soho; Dennis Lishka.- Hakuin Ekaku; Juhn Ahn.- Bankei Yotaku; Ensho Kobayashi, translator: Thomas Kirchner.- Chapter 4: Japanese Buddhist Philosophy After the Meiji Period.- Nakamura Hajime; Toshi'ichi Endo.- Inoue Enryo; Rainer Schulzer.

- Nishida Kitaro; Mayuko Uehara, translator: John Krummel.- Nishitani Keiji; John Krummel.- D. T. Suzuki; Michiko Yusa.- Kiyozawa Manshi; Robert Rhodes.- Tamaki Koshiro; Makio Takemura, translator: John Krummel.- Hisamatsu; Andre van Braakt.

- Ueda Shizuteru; Brett Davis.- Hiratsuka Raicho; Saeko Kimura.