mappo (Latter Day of the Law)

E293903

Buddhist eschatological concept religious eschatological age

Mappo, or the Latter Day of the Law, is a Buddhist eschatological age believed to be a degenerate era in which the Buddha’s teachings decline and become difficult to practice effectively.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Latter Day of the Law	1
Latter Day of the Law (Mappo)	1
mappo (Latter Day of the Law) canonical	1
the Latter Day of the Law (Mappo)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist eschatological concept ⓘ religious eschatological age ⓘ
associatedWith	Chinese Buddhism ⓘ East Asian Buddhism ⓘ Japanese Buddhism ⓘ Korean Buddhism ⓘ Mahayana ⓘ surface form: Mahayana Buddhism
centralTo	Nichiren Buddhism ⓘ
characterizedBy	decline of the Buddha’s teachings ⓘ difficulty of effective Buddhist practice ⓘ moral and spiritual degeneration ⓘ
concerns	efficacy of Buddhist practice over time ⓘ historical decline of spiritual capacity ⓘ
contrastedWith	Shoho (Age of the True Dharma) ⓘ Zobo (Age of the Semblance Dharma) ⓘ
follows	Shoho (Age of the True Dharma) ⓘ Zobo (Age of the Semblance Dharma) ⓘ
hasConceptualOpposite	Age of the Semblance Dharma ⓘ Three Ages of the Dharma ⓘ surface form: Age of the True Dharma
hasCulturalImpact	Japanese literature ⓘ Japanese religious art ⓘ
hasDoctrinalSource	Mahayana sutras ⓘ Nihon Shoki-era Buddhist commentaries ⓘ
hasJapaneseName	末法 ⓘ
hasTheme	corruption of religious institutions ⓘ degeneration of monastic discipline ⓘ increase in conflict and suffering ⓘ shortening of human lifespan ⓘ
implies	need for simplified or special practices ⓘ reliance on Buddha’s compassion or grace ⓘ
influenced	Japanese millenarian movements ⓘ Jōdo Shinshū ⓘ surface form: Jodo Shinshu Jōdo-shū ⓘ surface form: Jodo Shu Nichiren Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Nichiren sects Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ medieval Japanese religious thought ⓘ
inJapaneseHistory	influenced medieval Buddhist movements ⓘ prominent from late Heian period ⓘ
linkedToBelief	inability of most beings to attain enlightenment through traditional practices ⓘ
linkedToPractice	chanting of the daimoku in Nichiren Buddhism ⓘ recitation of the nembutsu in Pure Land traditions ⓘ
partOfDoctrine	Three Ages of the Dharma ⓘ
relatedConcept	Dharma decline ⓘ Three Ages of Buddhism ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
temporalNature	cosmic age ⓘ
translatedAs	Age of Degenerate Dharma ⓘ mappo (Latter Day of the Law) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Latter Day of the Law
viewedAs	final period before disappearance of the Dharma ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nichiren Buddhism → doctrine → mappo (Latter Day of the Law) ⓘ

mappo (Latter Day of the Law) → translatedAs → mappo (Latter Day of the Law) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Mappo

this entity surface form: Latter Day of the Law

Bodhisattvas of the Earth → timeOfMission → mappo (Latter Day of the Law) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latter Day of the Law (Mappo)

Nichiren → emphasized → mappo (Latter Day of the Law) ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Latter Day of the Law (Mappo)