Nisshō
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Nisshō was a Buddhist disciple of Nichiren
and the uncle of Nichirō
. He was the only disciple who was actually older than Nichiren himself.
He was a Tendai
priest in his youth, and after Nichiren's death he continued to claim that he was merely carrying out a reform of this sect. He founded Myohokke-ji in 1284. His Hama-ha subsect continued to hold good relations with the Tendai sect.
Nichiren
Nichiren was a Buddhist monk who lived during the Kamakura period in Japan. Nichiren taught devotion to the Lotus Sutra, entitled Myōhō-Renge-Kyō in Japanese, as the exclusive means to attain enlightenment and the chanting of Nam-Myōhō-Renge-Kyō as the essential practice of the teaching...
and the uncle of Nichirō
Nichirō
Nichirō was a Buddhist disciple of Nichiren, the nephew of Nisshō.Nichirō agreed with Nisshō's defense of Nichiren as a Tendai 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.Nichirō designated nine...
. He was the only disciple who was actually older than Nichiren himself.
He was a Tendai
Tendai
is a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism, a descendant of the Chinese Tiantai or Lotus Sutra school.Chappell frames the relevance of Tendai for a universal Buddhism:- History :...
priest in his youth, and after Nichiren's death he continued to claim that he was merely carrying out a reform of this sect. He founded Myohokke-ji in 1284. His Hama-ha subsect continued to hold good relations with the Tendai sect.
External links
- http://nichirenscoffeehouse.net/Ryuei/SixDisciples_01.html