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Mar 30, 1222 Tanjō ji, Japan Died on 14 Nov 1282 (aged 60)
Founder of Buddhism in Japan
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About Nichiren
- Nichiren (Kanji: ??; born as Zen-nichi-maro (???), Dharma name: Rencho - 16 February 1222 – 13 October 1282) was a Japanese Buddhist priest of the Kamakura period (1185–1333), who developed the teachings of Nichiren Buddhism, a branch school of Mahayana Buddhism.Nichiren declared that the Lotus Sutra alone contains the highest truth of Buddhist teachings suited for the Third Age of Buddhism.
- He advocated the repeated recitation of its title, Nam(u)-myoho-renge-kyo and held that Shakyamuni Buddha and all other Buddhist deities were extraordinary manifestations of a particular Buddha-nature termed “Myoho—Renge” that is equally accessible to all.
- He declared that believers of the Sutra must propagate it even under persecution.Nichiren was a prolific writer and his biography, temperament, and the evolution of his beliefs has been gleaned primarily from his own writings.
- After his death, he was bestowed the title Nichiren Dai-Bosatsu (?????) (Great Bodhisattva Nichiren) by Emperor Go-Kogon (1358) and the title Rissho Daishi (????) (Great Teacher of Rectification) was conferred posthumously in year 1922 by imperial edict.Today, Nichiren Buddhism includes traditional temple schools such as Nichiren-shu and Nichiren Shoshu, as well as lay movements such as Soka Gakkai, Rissho Kosei Kai, Reiyukai, Kenshokai, Honmon Butsuryu-shu, Kempon Hokke, and Shoshinkai among many others.
- Each group has varying views of Nichiren's teachings with claims and interpretations of Nichiren's identity ranging from the rebirth of bodhisattva Visistacaritra to the primordial or "true" (??: Honbutsu) Buddha of the Latter Day of the Law.
