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    Nichiren (16 February 1222 – 13 October 1282) was a Japanese Buddhist priest and philosopher of the Kamakura period. His teachings form the basis of Nichiren...
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    Nichiren Buddhism (Japanese: 日蓮仏教), also known as Hokkeshū (Japanese: 法華宗, meaning Lotus Sect), is a branch of Mahayana Buddhism based on the teachings...
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  • Nichiren Shū (日蓮宗, School of Nichiren) is a combination of several schools ranging from four of the original Nichiren Buddhist schools that date back...
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    Nichiren Shōshū (日 蓮 正 宗, English: The Orthodox School of Nichiren) is a branch of Nichiren Buddhism based on the traditionalist teachings of the 13th...
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    religious movement based on the teachings of the 13th-century Japanese priest Nichiren as taught by its first three presidents Tsunesaburō Makiguchi, Jōsei Toda...
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  • Nichirenism (日蓮主義, Nichirenshugi) is the nationalistic interpretation of the teachings of Nichiren. The most well-known representatives of this form of...
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    objects within Nichiren Buddhism, referring to the calligraphic paper mandala inscribed by the 13th Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren to which devotional...
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  • Nichiren (Japanese: 日蓮) is a 1979 Japanese historical drama film written and directed by Noboru Nakamura. Based on Matsutarō Kawaguchi's novel of the same...
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    Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō (category Nichiren Buddhism)
    Myōhō Renge Kyō (南無妙法蓮華経) are Japanese words chanted within all forms of Nichiren Buddhism. In English, they mean "Devotion to the Mystic Law of the Lotus...
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  • Nichiren is a 2015 historical original English-language manga written by Masahiko Murakami and illustrated by Ken Tanaka. published by Middleway Press...
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    the āryasaṅgha ("noble Sangha"). According to the Theravada school and Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism, the term sangha does not refer to the community of sāvakas...
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  • format of gongyo varies by denomination and sect. Some, like Nichiren Shoshu and Nichiren Shu, have a prescribed formula which is longheld in their practice...
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  • Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (日蓮と蒙古大襲来, Nichiren to Mōko Daishūrai) is a 1958 Japanese drama film directed by Kunio Watanabe. Nichiren, a famous...
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    Buddhism are Pure Land Buddhism with 22 million believers, followed by Nichiren Buddhism with 10 million believers, Shingon Buddhism with 5.4 million,...
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    Kenji Miyazawa (category Nichiren Buddhists)
    Taneyamagahara. Miyazawa converted to Nichiren Buddhism after reading the Lotus Sutra, and joined the Kokuchūkai, a Nichiren Buddhist organization. His religious...
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    Lotus Sutra (category Nichiren Buddhism)
    schools, the Japanese Tendai, Korean Cheontae, Vietnamese Thiên Thai and Nichiren schools of Buddhism were established. It is also influential for other...
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  • Ten realms (category Nichiren Buddhism)
    the cosmos. In some schools of Nichiren Buddhism practitioners believe the calligraphic scroll Gohonzon is Nichiren's representation of the ten realms...
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    Tibetan Buddhism, are not practiced in Shingon Buddhism. The mandala in Nichiren Buddhism is a moji-mandala (文字曼陀羅), which is a paper hanging scroll or...
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    among Buddhists for having been the cradle of Nichiren Buddhism during the 13th century. Founder Nichiren was not a native; he was born in Awa Province...
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  • Nichiren Flowers (born August 26, 1983) is a former American football wide receiver in the Arena Football League who played for the Los Angeles Avengers...
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    The Nine Consciousness is a concept in Buddhism, specifically in Nichiren Buddhism, that theorizes there are nine levels that comprise a person's experience...
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    sect. Dōgen (1200–1253) founded the Sōtō school of Zen. Nichiren (1222–1282) founded the Nichiren school. Ippen (1239–1289) founded the Ji-shū branch of...
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    Nisshō Inoue (category Nichiren Buddhism)
    April 12, 1887 – March 4, 1967) was a radical Buddhist preacher of Nichirenism who founded the interwar Japanese far-right militant organization Ketsumeidan...
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    Tanzan Ishibashi (category Nichiren-shū Buddhist monks)
    Tanzan, 25 September 1884 – 25 April 1973) was a Japanese journalist, Nichiren Buddhist priest, and politician who was prime minister of Japan for two...
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    schools Mādhyamaka Yogācāra Tiantai Tendai Huayan Zen Shingon Pure Land Nichiren Vajrayāna Tibetan Buddhism Dzogchen Key figures Nāgārjuna Ashvaghosha Āryadeva...
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    Soka Gakkai International (SGI) is an international Nichiren Buddhist organisation run by two vice-presidents including Hiromasa Ikeda. It was founded...
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    Kenshōkai (category Nichiren Buddhism)
    Fuji Taiseki-ji Kenshōkai (冨士 大石寺 顕正会) is a Japanese-based Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist lay group, affiliated with Taisekiji Head Temple since 1942 at the...
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    Nikkō Shōnin (category Nichiren Buddhist monks)
    six senior disciples of Nichiren and was the former Chief Priest of Kuon-ji temple in Mount Minobu, Japan. Various Nichiren sects in Japan claim to have...
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    Tusshar Kapoor (category Nichiren Buddhists)
    Ross School of Business. Like his father, Tusshar Kapoor is a follower of Nichiren Buddhism. Inspiringly, Kapoor opted for IVF and became a single parent...
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  • Three Great Secret Laws (category Nichiren Buddhism)
    (or also "Three Great Secret Dharmas") are the fundamental teachings in Nichiren Buddhism, which include Hommon-no-honzon (本門の本尊: object of devotion of...
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