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| | Who Was Nichiren |
 | | Nichiren (1222-1282) was the Japanese founder of Nichiren Buddhism. | | | Nichiren Daishonin, by the Nichiren Shoshu school of Buddhism. | | | The revolutionary nature of Nichiren's achievement lies in the fact that he made it possible, for the first time, for all people to actually practice the highest teachings of Buddhism by providing a methodology whereby they can establish a life-condition of absolute happiness, unswayed by changing outer circumstances. |
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| | Nichiren - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Nichiren (日蓮) (February 16, 1222 – October 13, 1282), born Zennichimaro (善日麿), later Zeshō-bō Renchō (是生房蓮長), and finally Nichiren (日蓮), was a Buddhist monk of 13th century Japan. | | | Nichiren considered these to be heretical or, while perhaps fit for a previous day, unfit for contemporary times, according to a Buddhist view of time that divided history after Sakyamuni Buddha's passing into three periods. | | | Nichiren was an extremely controversial figure in his own time, and many of the schools stemming from his teachings continue to inspire controversy today (see Nichiren Buddhism). |
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| | SGI - Buddhism |
| | Nichiren’s claims invited an onslaught of often-violent persecutions from the military government and the established Buddhist schools. | | | Nichiren, as a young priest, began an intensive study of Buddhist teachings, or sutras, in search of an answer to the suffering and chaos that surrounded him. | | | Nichiren was critical of the established schools of Buddhism that relied on state patronage and merely served the interests of the powerful while encouraging passivity in the suffering masses. |
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| | Nichiren Daishonin |
| | Nichiren Shoshu also claims "At this point, according to the teachings of Nichiren Shoshu, Nichiren Daishonin relinquished his transient status as Bodhisattva Jogyo who was entrusted by Shakyamuni Buddha in the Lotus Sutra with the propagation of the Law in the Latter Day, and revealed his true identity as the original Buddha. | | | Nichiren studied both Buddhist and secular teachings under the chief priest, Dozen-bo, and assisted by other preists, Joken-bo and Gijo-bo, who had the wisdom to become his disciples later in life. | | | Nichiren's formal criticisms of Esoteric teachings, in similar manner to his criticisms of Honen, focused on their disregarding and "slandering" the teachings of the Lotus Sutra, but he also emphasized the importance of relying on original sources in transmitting and learning Buddhism. |
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| | SGI - Buddhism |
| | Nichiren strongly believed that the true aim of Buddhism is to enable people living in the real world and facing real problems to become empowered and change their lives and society for the better. | | | Nichiren's philosophy is rooted in the teachings of Shakyamuni (Gautama Siddartha), the historical founder of Buddhism who lived in India some 2,500 years ago. | | | Nichiren Buddhism is a philosophy that respects the fundamental dignity of all life and stresses the profound connection between one's own happiness and the happiness of others. |
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| | SGI-USA Study Curriculum - Life of Nichiren Daishonin |
| | Nichiren Daishonin was born into this world to lead a spiritual revolution that would irrevocably transform human beings and their surroundings. | | | The central message of this document was the declaration that the Buddhism of sowing, or the Buddhism which implants the seed of Buddhahood in the lives of all people, is the highest form of Buddhism. | | | In the accompanying letters that Nichiren Daishonin sent to the recipients of these Gohonzon, he taught the relationship between the object of worship and the life of the original Buddha, and the correct attitude in faith. |
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http://www.sgi-usa.org/buddhism/library/SokaGakkai/Study/Entrance/LifeDaishonin.htm
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| | Religious Movements Homepage: Nichiren Shoshu |
| | Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism - The Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin | | | Nichiren Shoshu teaches that the Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha, was also the original Buddha, and all mankind will achieve eternity if they share the nature of Buddha. | | | Each Nichiren Shoshu temple in any country and location is filled with the Three Treasures of True Buddhism, which are the Buddha, the Law, and the Priesthood, and centers around Gohonzon, which is passed down through generations from Nichiren Daishonin to practice and propagate Nichiren Daishonin's teachings correctly as it is their mission. |
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| | Life of Nichiren |
| | Nichiren Daishonin was thus convinced that his disciples and lay followers were now strong enough in faith to risk their lives for the Mystic Law. | | | Nichiren Daishonin is acknowledging that his origins were of the humblest kind. | | | Nichiren Daishonin had three times remonstrated with the rulers, predicting crises —once when he presented On Establishing the Correct Teaching, again at the time of his arrest and near execution at Tatsunokuchi, and once more on his return from Sado. |
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| | Analytical psychology and Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin |
| | Analytical psychology And The Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin | | | Central to the Buddhist doctrine of Nichiren Daishonin, which was founded in Japan in 1253, is the daily chanting of the mantra Nam-Myoho-renge-kyo. | | | On the one hand I find similarities between the Buddhist law of cause and effect and Jung's concept of synchronicity; the Buddhist law of karma and the Jungian archetype; the Buddhist ninth level of consciousness and the Jungian collective unconscious and, finally, between the Buddhist and Jungian concepts of spirit, matter and time. |
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| | What is the Buddhism of Nichiren |
| | The practice of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism is to recite Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, and part of the second "Hoben" and the entire sixteenth "Juryo" chapters of the Lotus Sutra in front of the Gohonzon. | | | Nichiren Daishonin was persecuted throughout his life by the Japanese government and by religious powers who considered his revolutionary teachings a grave threat to their continued authority. | | | This is the fundamental practice of Nichiren Buddhism, performed morning and evening. |
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| | The Life of Nichiren Daishonin |
| | In July 1260, Nichiren Daishonin wrote a treatise entitled Rissho Ankoku Ron ('On Securing the Peace of the Land through the Propagation of True Buddhism') in which he explained that belief in erroneous doctrines was the cause of the current series of disasters. | | | The Daishonin believed that he was being presented with an opportunity to purify his life and that all the persecutions he was facing perfectly accorded with predictions in the Lotus Sutra that its votary would be banished again and again. | | | Peasant believers were persecuted in the Atsuhara region and three were killed when they refused to recant their beliefs in Nichiren Daishoninís Buddhism. |
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| | CRI Journal - CRJ0115A |
| | Daishonin was persuaded that not only was his life's mission to clarify true Buddhism, but that he was the sole repository of Buddhist truth, and that only his interpretation of the Lotus Sutra was correct. | | | Nichiren came to believe that the mystical essence of this sutra was embodied in the invocation Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo, the ceremonial chant used by Nichiren Shoshu Buddhists. | | | Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism teaches that an omnipresent and ultimately impersonal "essential life" flows throughout the totality of the universe, both animate and inanimate. |
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| | Nichiren Daishonin’s religious life began with its submission to shakubuku the Kamakura government and ended with His lecture on it for his disciples and believers at the Ikegami Brothers’ home at the time of His death. | | | This is why Nichiren Daishonin concluded that the provisional Buddha was the number one person guilty of committing the sin of killing. | | | The sin of killing the will of the Daishonin is the most serious sin in True Buddhism. |
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| | Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism-The Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin |
| | Nichiren Shoshu is the 750 year old orthodox Buddhist denomination centered at Head Temple, Taisekiji, at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Japan. | | | Nichiren Shoshu has temples and centers worldwide and actively propagates the teachings of the True Buddha, Nichiren Daishonin, who made His advent in Japan in 1222. | | | All are invited to come learn about Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism and experience its beneficial power. |
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| | NICHIREN |
| | Seeing the great courage and determination of his disciples, Nichiren decided that the time was right to inscribe the Dai-Gohonzon, the true object of worship to enable all people to obtain Buddhahood, which would be protected by his disciples and passed down the centuries for future generations. | | | What he preached in that first sermon amounted to a rejection of all the existing sects in Japan and a declaration that Nam Myoho Renge Kyo was the teaching valid for the latter day that would enable anyone to achieve enlightenment in their present lifetime. | | | He gained many converts and was once again subjected to persecutions, the worst of which is known as the Atsuhara Persecution in which 20 of his disciples were arrested and three of them beheaded. |
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| | Welcome to Soka Spirit Website! :: Nichiren Shoshu, Nikken Shonin, Nikken Abe, Nichiren, Temple Issue, Hokkeko, ... |
| | Nichiren, the 13th century Buddhist reformer, taught a simple and accessible, yet powerfully effective, form of practice. | | | After all, educating people about Nichiren Shoshu's true intent is synonymous with the Soka Gakkai spirit to counter selflessly any forces that threaten this Buddhism and to make sure that we protect the Law for the people, for the future, based on the example set for us by the Nichiren Daishonin. | | | We should be aware of those offering Gohonzon and teachings under the guise of Nichiren Buddhism but who are, in fact, propagating views that distort the Daishonin's teachings. |
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| | LIAR, CAJOLER AND SCHEMER Masatomo Yamazaki and Soka Gakkai |
| | In essence, the Daishonin’s Buddhism is “Religion for the people,” but these offshoot sects lost this spirit, and became the “Religion for the priests.” Accordingly, they all lost the spirit of Kosen-rufu, which is the essential tenet of Rissho Ankoku Ron and the WILL of Nichiren Daishonin. | | | Throughout his life, the Daishonin fought against slander and misleading belief in Buddhist sects, such as Pure-Land, Shingon, Zen and other religions, which sought happiness in an external world or in the lower worlds within our life which are changing and unreliable. | | | Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism starts with Rissho Ankoku Ron and ends with Rissho Ankoku Ron. |
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| | along the middle path ... Nichiren Daishonin |
| | Nichiren Daishonin was a 13th-century Japanese Buddhist monk (1222-1282) who founded his own sect of Buddhism based solely on the Lotus Sutra, the highest teachings of the Buddha. | | | Nichiren's teachings are comprised of many letters and essays written to various people, and collectively called the "Gosho." during his lifetime, Nichiren inscribed many Gohonzons (Objects of Worship) which he bestowed on various people. | | | Simple reading of the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren's writings shows that the Buddha revealed his own Eternal nature, and that Nichiren (having studied the Lotus Sutra extensively and can thus be considered an expert on it) revered Shakyamuni as both the "Eternal" and the "Original" Buddha. |
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| | About Nichiren Buddhism |
| | In the practice of Nichiren Buddhism it means reciting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, and part of the second chapter "Hoben" and the entire sixteenth "Juryo" chapter of the Lotus Sutra in front of the Gohonzon. | | | This is the fundamental practice of Nichiren Buddhism, which is performed morning and evening. | | | The portions of the Hoben (2nd) and Juryo (16th) Chapters of the Lotus Sutra recited in the practice of Gongyo. |
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| | The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin - Soka Gakkai - in English, English, Religious StudiesBuddhismSGI, Printed Matter |
| | Nichiren is the thirteenth-century Buddhist teacher and reformer who taught that all people have the potential for enlightenment. | | | Based on this empowering and compassionate sutra, Nichiren Daishonin taught his disciples how to live. | | | The scriptures of Nichrien Buddhism are called the "Gosho," ("go" is an honorific prefix and "sho" means writings; thus, literally, honorable writings.) These writings have a distinguishing feature that sets them apart from the sacred texts of other religions. |
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| | Surrey and W. Sussex Web Site |
| | Nichiren Buddhism is firmly rooted in Mahayana traditions including the Middle Way, the concept of Dependant Origination, the Four Noble Truths, absolute respect for life, the Dharma Seal of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, the Buddhist Unities of Self and Environment; Mind and Body; and Master and Disciple, and compassionate action. | | | Nichiren Buddhism is unusual in it's view that Ichinen Sanzen, the vast number of possible life states in each moment of existence, includes Buddhahood in fact as well as theory, and that the Lotus Sutra contains the key to unlocking this infinite potential latent in every sentient being. | | | This is the primary teaching for Nichiren's disciples and believers. |
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| | Article - Nichiren Daishonin - presented by ©NewsFinder.Org - All Rights Reserved |
| | Nichiren Daishonin determined to take on the awesome challenge of confronting the entrenched, established sects and religious authorities. | | | Calling upon the people of his age and the future to take faith in the wonderful mystic law of the Lotus Sutra, he boldly declared the founding of his true Buddhism on April 28th 1253. | | | He taught that the practice which perfectly accords with the times and the capacity of the people is the chanting of the invocation "Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo". |
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| | Nichiren Daishonin |
| | Insist that February 16, Nichiren Daishonin's Birthday, April 28, the Establishment of True Buddhism and October 12, the Anniversary of the Inscription of the Dai-Gohonzon be celebrated as national events in the SGI like Soka Gakkai Day, Kosen-rufu Day and SGI Day with all the fuss and fanfare. | | | The Daishonin is being treated as a secondary priest, whose milestone events signifying the establishment of True Buddhism for all humankind are only celebrated on a local level, if at all. | | | With all due respects to President Ikeda, President Toda and President Makiguchi, Nichiren Daishonin is the Original Buddha of the infinite past, which is our prime belief. |
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| | Nikken vs. Nichiren |
| | Nichiren teaches that the only way to inherit the ìultimate law of life and deathî is to recognize that ìwe ordinary human beings are in no way differentî and that ìall disciples and believers of Nichiren should chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with one mind (itai doshin), transcending all differences among themselves.î | | | To spread the teachings of enlightenment is the purpose of Shakyamuni, the Lotus Sutra, Nichiren, and the SGI. | | | This spiritual bond is the basis for the universal transmission of the ultimate law of life and death. |
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| | Nikken sect schemes to merge with Minobu |
| | Underlying the above admonition is Nikko Shonin’s outrage that both Hakiri Sanenaga, the lord of Minobu, and Niko, the lord's mentor and one of the six senior priests designated by Nichiren Daishonin, ignored and even rediculed Nikko Shonin's repeated warning regarding their slanderous conduct. | | | Moreover, priests should not visit slanderous temples or shrines, which are inhabited by demons, even if only to have a look around. | | | To do so would be a pitiful violation of the Daishonin's Buddhism. |
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| | SGI Australia |
| | SGIA is a lay Buddhist organisation committed to the promotion of Peace, Culture and Education based on Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism. | | | Through their Buddhist faith and practice, our members aim to improve their lives by taking up the challenge to create value and take responsibility for their circumstances. |
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| | Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin |
| | Most people in the world today who practice the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin are members of an organisation called SGI (Soka Gakkai International). Soka Gakkai literally means Value Creation, therefore it the Buddhist Society for the Creation of Value. | | | Chanting therefore constitutes the core of the Buddhist practice supported by study and proliferation of the teachings. | | | Nichiren Daishonin summarised these doctrines by saying that, in the same way that one can bring to mind any concept simply by uttering its name, all the benefits of the wisdom of the Lotus Sutra can be harnessed simply by chanting it's title: |
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| | Myosetsuji Temple |
| | In 1261 in Japan, Nichiren Daishonin, the original Buddha and teacher of all Buddhas, wrote the following to one of his disciples: | | | Chanting Myoho-Renge-Kyo will therefore enable you to grasp the mystic truth within you.” [MW Vol.1 pg. |
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| | Welcome to SGI-USA.ORG |
| | Soka Gakkai International (SGI)-USA is an American Buddhist association that promotes world peace and individual happiness based on the teachings of the Nichiren school of Mahayana Buddhism. | | | Our members reflect a cross section of our diverse American society, representing a broad range of ethnic and social backgrounds |
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| | Renso Den : A Life Story of Nichiren Daishonin i@‘c“`j |
| | For the 750th Anniversary of The Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism | | | The original pictures were by K. Touko in 1920 for "Nichiren Shonin". | | | The original Japanese story "Nichiren Shonin" was by A. Kumada in 1911 on The Hochi Shimbun Paper. |
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| | The Major Writings of Nichiren Daishonin |
| | Nevertheless, the letters he wrote to his followers, often under the most dire conditions, illustrated that even in the midst of the greatest challenge, he was able to realize the great beauty of life and feel joy and compassion for others - the state of Buddhahood. | | | Nichiren was persecuted throughout his lifetime by the Japanese government and by religious powers who considered his revolutionary teachings a grave threat to their continued authority. | | | These letters and treatises collected in English as The Major Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, are among the primary study materials for his disciples. |
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| | Nichiren Buddhism |
| | - (Literally Honorable Writings) Letters written by Nichiren Daishonin to his disciples to encourage them and teach them the correct way in which to attain enlightenment. | | | Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings (Ongi Kuden) |
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| | Writings of Nichiren Daishonin - Index |
| | Displays a listing of the new "The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin" in alphabetical order. | | | Since they use tables, you may have to do some reformatting if you are using WordPerfect. |
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| | Historical Writings of Nichiren Daishonin |
| | which cannot easily be translated directly into English, and may cause some confusion in the meaning of the particular concept that Nichiren Daishonin was attempting to convey. | | | A Ship to Cross the Sea of Suffering |
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