Nichiren Buddhism

School·Founded 1253 CE·est. ~10 million worldwide

Vedic Religion → Buddhism → Mahāyāna → Nichiren Buddhism

Branch

Core Tenets

3 — a sample of the center, never the sum All 3 →
The shared center — held across the tradition
The Lotus Sūtra is the Buddha's complete teaching. All previous sutras were preparation; the Lotus is the point — and it declares buddhahood open to everyone, now. Go deeper — context →
Chanting the daimoku awakens buddhahood. Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō — the title of the sutra, chanted, is the practice entire: cause and effect of awakening in one act. Go deeper — context →
Held by most — broad, but not universal
Faith is proved by daily life. Winter always turns to spring, Nichiren wrote from exile — practice shows up as courage in ordinary trouble. Go deeper — context →

Cosmos & Afterlife

how reality is built, and what follows death
The nature of reality

Buddhahood latent in this moment, this life, this person

After death

Rebirth, until awakening — buddhahood available in this life

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