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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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    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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  • 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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    priest Nichiren. It claims the largest membership among Nichiren Buddhist groups, [citation needed] although it was excommunicated by Nichiren in 1991...
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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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    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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    the āryasaṅgha ("noble Sangha"). According to the Theravada school and Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism, the term sangha does not refer to the community of unenlightened...
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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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    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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  • 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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    Lotus Sutra (category Nichiren Buddhism)
    the Tiantai along with its derivative schools, the Japanese Tendai and Nichiren, Korean Cheontae, and Vietnamese Thiên Thai schools of Buddhism were established...
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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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  • 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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    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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    determination of which tutelary deity the initiate should follow. 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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    schools Mādhyamaka Yogācāra Tiantai Tendai Huayan Zen Shingon Pure Land Nichiren Vajrayāna Tibetan Buddhism Dzogchen Fo Guang Shan Tzu Chi Dharma Drum Mountain...
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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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    Tusshar Kapoor (category Indian Nichiren Buddhists)
    Ross School of Business. Like his father, Tusshar Kapoor is a follower of Nichiren Buddhism. Kapoor is unmarried and opted for IVF to became a single parent...
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    Taiseki-ji (category Nichiren Shōshū)
    known as Head Temple Taiseki-ji (大石寺), is the administrative center of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism. It is located in the foothills of Mount Fuji in Kamijo...
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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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    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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    Siberia Shinto Tengrism Traditional African religions Buddhism Mahayana Nichiren Pure Land Shingon Theravada Tiantai Tibetan Vajrayana Zen Christianity...
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    Soka Gakkai (in Chinese: 创价学会 Chuàngjià xuéhuì). Nichiren Buddhism was founded by the monk Nichiren (1222–1282), who elaborated his teachings upon the...
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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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  • 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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    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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    bottom) and black (hoist side and fly side). Japan Japan 2:3 August 13, 1999 Nichiren (allegedly) White with a large red disk in the center. Jordan Jordan 1:2...
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