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Ongi Kuden
The (also known as or ''The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings'') is a hermeneutic text in Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism. The ''Kuden'' are the alleged oral teachings of Nichiren Daishonin on the Lotus Sutra, beginning on 1 January 1278 which were recorded and compiled by his senior disciple Nikkō Shōnin thirteen years after the death of his master. The Hokkeko adherents of the Dai Gohonzon mandala regard this text as one of the most divinely hermeneutic treatises in Nichiren#Writings, Nichiren's writings, because it supposedly reveals some essential principles of Nichiren's teachings. The Nichiren Shoshu religion considers this text as an authoritative Buddhist scripture preserved at the repository of Nikko Shonin from the year 1295, recopied in the year 1539 (both lost to history). Due to claims of the text being divinely inspired, it vehemently rejects any re-interpretation of this text outside the confines of the sect. Structure ''Ongi kuden'' is a series of lectu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nichiren By Kano Tsunenobu (Honmonji)
was a Japanese Buddhist priest and philosopher of the Kamakura period. His teachings form the basis of Nichiren Buddhism, a unique branch of Japanese Mahayana Buddhism based on the '' Lotus Sutra''. Nichiren declared that the '' Lotus Sutra'' alone contains the highest truth of Buddhism and that it is the only sutra suited for the Age of Dharma Decline. He insisted that the sovereign of Japan and its people should support only this form of Buddhism and eradicate all others, or they would face social collapse and environmental disasters. Nichiren advocated the faithful recitation of the title of the ''Lotus Sutra'', ''Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō'', as the only effective path to Buddhahood in this very life, a path which he saw as accessible to all people regardless of class, education or ability. Nichiren held that Shakyamuni and all other Buddhist deities were manifestations of the Original Eternal Buddha (本仏 ''Honbutsu'') of the ''Lotus Sutra'', which he equated with the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
