Nichirenism
Nichirenism ( Japanese 日 蓮 主義 , Nichirenshugi ) is a term that describes a nationalistic interpretation and interpretation of the teachings of Nichiren Buddhism . The best-known representatives of this reading of the Nichiren teachings are Tanaka Chigaku, who in turn founded the nationalist Kokuchūkai , who is said to have influenced later Japanese new religions based on the Nichiren teachings with regard to structure and dissemination methods .
Another representative of Nichirenism is Inoue Nisshō whose teachings stand for radical nationalism.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Montgomery, Daniel (1991). Fire in the Lotus, The Dynamic Religion of Nichiren, London: Mandala, ISBN 1852740914 , pages 217-218
- ↑ Jacqueline I. Stone, By Imperial Edict and Shogunal Decree: politics and the issue of the ordination platform in modern lay Nichiren Buddhism. In: Steven Heine; Charles S. Prebish (ed.); Buddhism in the Modern World, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0195146972 , 198
bibliography
- Gerald Iguchi, Nichirenism as Modernism: Imperialism, Fascism, and Buddhism in Modern Japan (Ph.D. Dissertation), University of California, San Diego, 2006
- Yoshiro Tamura, Introduction to the Lotus Sutra, Wisdom Publications (July 15, 2014), ISBN 978-1614290803