Nichiren

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Buddhist teacher Japanese Buddhist monk religious reformer

Nichiren was a 13th-century Japanese Buddhist monk who taught exclusive devotion to the Lotus Sutra as the sole path to enlightenment and inspired several influential Buddhist movements.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Nichiren canonical	14
Nichiren Daishonin	1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist teacher ⓘ Japanese Buddhist monk ⓘ religious reformer ⓘ
activityLocation	Kamakura ⓘ Mount Minobu ⓘ
associatedWith	Gohonzon ⓘ
birthDate	1222-02-16 ⓘ
birthPlace	Awa Province ⓘ Japan ⓘ Kominato ⓘ
centralText	Lotus Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Lotus Sutra
criticized	Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ Ritsu school ⓘ Shingon Buddhism ⓘ Zen ⓘ surface form: Zen Buddhism
deathDate	1282-10-13 ⓘ
deathPlace	Ikegami ⓘ Japan ⓘ Musashi Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
doctrine	Three Great Secret Laws ⓘ attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime ⓘ oneness of person and Law ⓘ three proofs (documentary, theoretical, actual proof) ⓘ
emphasized	kosen-rufu (wide propagation of the Lotus Sutra) ⓘ mappo (Latter Day of the Law) ⓘ surface form: the Latter Day of the Law (Mappo)
era	Kamakura period ⓘ
foundedTemple	Kuon-ji ⓘ Minobu-san Kuon-ji ⓘ
givenName	Zennichimaro ⓘ
honorificTitle	Nichiren self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nichiren Daishonin
influenced	Honmon Butsuryu-shu ⓘ surface form: Honmon Butsuryu Shu Kempon Hokke ⓘ surface form: Kempon Hokke Shu Nichiren Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Nichiren Shoshu Nichiren Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Nichiren Shu Reiyukai ⓘ Rissho Kosei-kai ⓘ Soka Gakkai ⓘ
knownFor	asserting the supremacy of the Lotus Sutra ⓘ doctrine of the Three Great Secret Laws ⓘ exclusive devotion to the Lotus Sutra ⓘ founding Nichiren Buddhism ⓘ religious and political remonstrations to authorities ⓘ teaching the daimoku chant "Nam-myoho-renge-kyo" ⓘ
language	Classical Japanese ⓘ
majorWork	Kaimoku Sho ⓘ Nam-myoho-renge-kyo ⓘ surface form: Kanjin no Honzon Sho On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land ⓘ Rissho Ankoku Ron ⓘ Senji Sho ⓘ
nationality	Japanese ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
religiousName	Nichiren self-link ⓘ
schoolOfBuddhism	Mahayana ⓘ surface form: Mahayana Buddhism
survivedEvent	Tatsunokuchi Persecution ⓘ
taughtConcept	Ten Worlds ⓘ mutual possession of the Ten Worlds ⓘ three thousand realms in a single moment of life (ichinen sanzen) ⓘ
taughtPractice	chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo ⓘ faith in the Lotus Sutra ⓘ propagation of the Lotus Sutra ⓘ study of the Lotus Sutra ⓘ
teacherOf	Nichigen ⓘ Nichiji ⓘ Nichiro ⓘ Nikko ⓘ Nissho ⓘ Nisshu ⓘ Nitchō ⓘ
viewedLotusSutraAs	ultimate teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
wasExiledTo	Izu Peninsula ⓘ Sado Island ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Nichiren Buddhism → foundedBy → Nichiren ⓘ

Nichiren Buddhism → namedAfter → Nichiren ⓘ

Kamakura period → significantFigure → Nichiren ⓘ

Sado, Niigata, Japan → notableExile → Nichiren ⓘ

Hieizan Enryaku-ji temple complex → trainedNotableMonk → Nichiren ⓘ

subject surface form: Hieizan Enryaku-ji

Japanese Buddhism → associatedWith → Nichiren ⓘ

Enryaku-ji → trainedFigure → Nichiren ⓘ

Gohonzon → historicalFounderAssociated → Nichiren ⓘ

Gohonzon → firstInscribedBy → Nichiren ⓘ

Bodhisattvas of the Earth → interpretedBy → Nichiren ⓘ

Nam-myoho-renge-kyo → introducedBy → Nichiren ⓘ

Nichiren → religiousName → Nichiren self-link ⓘ

Nichiren → honorificTitle → Nichiren self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nichiren Daishonin

Tsunesaburo Makiguchi → influencedBy → Nichiren ⓘ

SGI → basedOnTeachingsOf → Nichiren ⓘ