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Nichiren
日莲 zh 日蓮 ja
Founder of Nichiren Buddhism in Japan
- Dated 16 February 1222 CE – 14 November 1282 CE
- Also called Dai-Nichiren (Great Nichiren), Risshō Daishi (Great Teacher of Rectification)
Overview
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Affiliation
As a third party recorded it, often for one period of a life.
Teachers and students
Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.
Nichiren Founder of Nichiren Buddhism in Japan Taught 11
What the records tie them to
Founded, supported, associated with — as third parties recorded it.
- Named as founder
Nichiren Buddhism
branch of Buddhism based on the teachings of the 13th-century Japanese monk Nichiren - Named as founder
Nichiren Shū
confederation of four of the original Nichiren Buddhist schools - Named as founder
Ikegami Honmon-ji Temple
Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan - Named as founder
Myōhon-ji Temple
a buddhism Nichiren sect temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan - Named as founder
Kuon-ji Temple
Buddhist temple in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Connections
Family 1
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