Traditional Nichiren Buddhist temple groups are commonly associated with
Nichiren Shōshū and various Nichiren-shū schools.
Traditional Nichiren Buddhist temple groups are commonly associated with
Nichiren Shoshu and varying Nichiren Shu schools.
Nichiren Buddhists believe it is possible to attain enlightenment in a single lifetime through practice of"True Buddhism"(i.e., Nichiren).
However, in 1991 the Nichiren Shoshu priesthood excommunicated the Soka Gakkai,
and the two organizations are now completely separate.
The Nichiren Gohonzon is a calligraphic image which is
prominently displayed in the home or temple buildings of its believers.
He was new to the practice of Nichiren Buddhism and struggling with a misery of an intensity I would rarely seen.
Nichiren Shōshū(日蓮正宗 English:
Orthodox School of Nichiren) is a branch of Nichiren Buddhism based on the teachings of the 13th-century Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren(1222- 1282).
Nichiren defined this Law as“Nam-myoho-renge-kyo” and, challenging the major Buddhist
schools of his day, proclaimed this to be the sole Buddhist teaching capable of leading all people to enlightenment.
Nichiren Shoshu("Nichiren True Faith")
teaches that the documents Minobu sojo and Ikegami sojo state that Nichiren designated Nikko(1246-1333) as his sole successor, making Nichiren Shoshu is the true school of Nichiren Buddhism.
The place is not to be confused with Kiyomizu-dera in Yasugi, Shimane, which is part of the 33-temple route of the Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage through western Japan,
or the Kiyozumi-dera temple associated with the Buddhist priest Nichiren.