Nichirō (日朗, 1245–1320) was a
Buddhist
Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...
disciple of
Nichiren
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 ...
, the nephew of
Nisshō.

Nichirō agreed with Nisshō's defense of Nichiren as a
Tendai
, also known as the Tendai Dharma Flower School (天台法華宗, ''Tendai hokke shū,'' sometimes just ''Hokkeshū''), is a Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition with significant esoteric elements that was officially established in Japan in 806 by t ...
reformer. He founded a practice hall that became part of
Ikegami Honmon-ji, the site of Nichiren's death. His school is now part of
Nichiren-shū
is a combination of several schools ranging from four of the original Nichiren Buddhism, Nichiren Buddhist schools that date back to Nichiren's original disciples, and part of the fifth:
Overview
The school is often referred to as the Minob ...
.
Nichirō designated nine senior disciples. Among them were
Nichizō and
Nichiin.
External links
The Six Major Disciples of Nichiren
1245 births
1320 deaths
Japanese Buddhist clergy
Nichiren-shū Buddhist monks
Nichiren Buddhism
Buddhist clergy of the Kamakura period
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