Life at Minobu
Parents’ Death
There is a big mountain called Mount Minobu. In the east lies Mount Tenshi, Mount Takatori in the south, Shichimen Cliff in the west, and Minobu Cliff in the north. It looks …

Myôkenji, the First Nichiren Temple in Kyoto
What Nichiren most ardently desired to realize in his life was to approach the Emperor in Kyoto for the purpose of converting him to the Faith in the Wonderful …

It was about this time that the Ita-honzon was created by Nichi-u (1409-1482), the ninth Chief Priest of Taisekiji Temple. The Ita-honzon is a Great Mandala engraved on a camphor wood plank. It is claimed …

Nichiren was first identified with the True Buddha by Nichigen (-1486) of Nishiyama Hommonji.
According to the Lotus sûtra Sâkyamuni Buddha, who was in the Stûpa of Prabhûataratna Buddha, transmitted the Dharma to Visistacâritra Bodhisattva (Jôgyô …

Taisekiji Temple preserves the so-called “Two-Transfer Documents.” According to the Dictionary of Buddhist Terms and Concepts, published by Nichiren Shôshû International Center in 1983, these documents are: 1. Nichiren Ichigo Guhô Fuzoku Shû written by …

Nagasaki Yoritsuna attempted to eliminate the Daimoku-chanting Buddhists from the city of Kamakura upon the occasion of Nichiren’s death. He requested the temples of various sects in Kamakura, including Nichiren temples, to pray for the …

1. Nikkô Wrongly Designated as the Founder of the Nichiren Shôshû
No Person Designated as Chief Priest of Kuonji Temple by Nichiren
Nichiren selected the Six Senior Disciples: Nisshô Nichirô Nikkô Nikô, Nitchô and Nichiji, on his …

Rokurôsô or the Six Senior Disciples of Nichiren
(1) Nisshô (1221-1323). Born of a samurai family in the Province of Shimousa (Chiba-ken). Nichiren’s classmate at Hieizan. He visited Nichiren at Matsubagayatsu, Kamakura, in 1253, and became …