The Honmon Butsuryū-shū () is a branch of the Honmon Hokke Shū sect (one of the most ancient sects of
Nichiren Buddhism
Nichiren Buddhism (), also known as ''Hokkeshū'' (, meaning ''Lotus Sect''), is a branch of Mahayana Buddhism based on the teachings of the 13th-century Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren (1222–1282) and is one of the Kamakura period school ...
). It was founded by
Nagamatsu Nissen (; 1817–1890) and a group of followers the 12th of January 1857 with the name of Honmon Butsuryu Ko. This group was affiliated with Honmon Hokke shu sect until the 15th of March 1947 when it became independent with the name of Honmon Butsuryū-shū. In fact, they shared the same Patriarch until 1947. The last common patriarch was Nichijun Shonin.
HBS is part of the
Japan Buddhist Federation and of the World Fellowship of Buddhists as a
traditional Nichiren school. Initially it was regarded as one of
Japan’s new religious movements, but recent studies show that HBS is not a new religious movement but a traditional Nichiren school.
''Honmon Butsuryū-shū'' members practice in the tradition of Nichiren’s disciple Daikoku Ajari Nichiro (1245-1320) and consider Keirin-bo Nichiryu Daishonin (慶林坊日隆, 1385-1464) to be the second greatest leader of their school. Nichiryu Daishonin played an active role in reviving Nichiren Buddhism by transcribing many of Nichiren Shonin’s manuscripts and concluding that his teaching were fundamentally based in the "Honmon" (8 chapters) of the Lotus Sutra.
The head temple of Honmon Butsuryū-shū is the
Yūsei-ji located in
Kyoto
Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it t ...
. Even though the majority of its believers are in Japan, there are several congregations and Temples across the world such as in North America, Brazil, Italy, United Kingdom, Taiwan and South Korea.
See also
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Mahayana
Mahāyāna ( ; , , ; ) is a term for a broad group of Buddhist traditions, Buddhist texts#Mahāyāna texts, texts, Buddhist philosophy, philosophies, and practices developed in ancient India ( onwards). It is considered one of the three main ex ...
References
External links
HBS Japanese web site(Japanese)
HBS International(English)
HBS Brazil(Portuguese)
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HBS Wikipedia Brazil (Portuguese)
HBS Italian web site(Italian)
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Japanese new religions