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Nichiren-shu
Buddhist sect
Also known as: True Nichiren Sect
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development of Nichiren Buddhism
- In Buddhism: Nichiren
They developed the Nichiren-shu (Japanese: “School of Nichiren”), which still controls the main temple founded by Nichiren at Mount Minobu. One of his disciples, Nikkō, established the Nichiren shō-shū (Japanese: “True School of Nichiren”), which taught that Nichiren, not Shakyamuni, was the saviour and that the mandala painted…
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dominance among Nichiren Buddhists
- In Nichiren Buddhism
…notably Nichiren-shū (Nichiren Sect) and Nichiren-shō-shū, whose phenomenal growth stemmed from its lay organization, the Sōka-gakkai.
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