• reincarnation of Viśiṣṭacāritra. In Nichiren Shōshū, Soka Gakkai and the Kempon Hokke schools, Nichiren is revered as the reincarnation of Viśiṣṭacāritra because...
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    bodhisattvas that are the leaders of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth. Viśiṣṭacāritra Anantacāritra Viśuddhacāritra Supratiṣṭhitacāritra Chapter 7 of the...
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    interpretations of Nichiren's identity ranging from the rebirth of Bodhisattva Visistacaritra to the Primordial or "True Buddha" (本仏, Honbutsu) of the Third Age of...
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    another by 67th High Priest Nikken Shonin (1994) representing Bodhisattva Visistacaritra and the 60,000 Ganges Rivers preached by Shakyamuni Buddha within the...
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    nampa) 유결박 (RR: yugyeolbak) Lam bà Hữu kết phược འཕྱང་མ། ’phyang ma Viśiṣṭacāritra Vilambā 毘藍婆 (pinyin: Pílánpó) 離結 (pinyin: Líjié) 毘藍婆 (biranba) 離結 (rikechi)...
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  • the death of Gautama and the rise of Maitreya. In the Lotus Sutra, Viśiṣṭacāritra is entrusted to spread Buddhist dharma in the age of Dharma decline...
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    Identity of Nichiren. Some of his later disciples identified him with Visistacaritra, the leader of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth who were entrusted in Chapter...
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    splits open and countless bodhisattvas spring up from the earth (led by Vi­śiṣṭacāritra, Anantacāritra, Vi­śuddhacāritra, and Supratiṣṭhitacāritra‍), ready...
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    21 of the Lotus Sutra where Shakyamuni Buddha passes his vow to the Visistacaritra Bodhisattva and his "infinite followers" along with the merits of the...
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  • Dai-Gohonzon and our own Gohonzon are equal. The sect regards Nichiren as Visistacaritra and teaches that Shakyamuni Buddha is special because he was the original...
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  • priest Dàoxiān, this bodhisattva is understood as representing eternity. Visistacaritra Visuddhacaritra Supratisthitacaritra "Boundless Practices", Nichiren...
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  • "Nirvana's freedom from all that is impure." Supratisthitacaritra Visistacaritra Reeves 2008, pp. 280 and 446 Kato 1993, p. 239 McCormick, Ryuei M. "The...
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