Nichiren school
A living tradition within Mahāyāna.
Nichiren school is a living tradition within Mahāyāna. Also written Hokkeshū, Lotus school.
Origin
Founder named in the sources: Nichiren (1222–1282). No founding year is given below, because the sources read do not agree on one and a date has not been chosen for them. Stone defines the Nichiren school as the entire Buddhist tradition deriving from Nichiren (1222–1282), comprising more than forty independent religious institutions, all tracing their history to monastic lineages established by Nichiren's immediate disciples. She records repeated schisms during the 14th–16th centuries caused by geographic separation, institutional rivalry and doctrinal difference, and the fuju fuse ('neither receiving nor giving') movement of the late 16th and 17th centuries. No founding year is given.
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Citation
English
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John Shaqi. “Nichiren school.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-nichiren-school.
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}The word count is counted from this edition. The minute estimate uses 238 words a minute, the silent reading rate for English non-fiction reported by Brysbaert (2019). The Urdu, Hindi and Roman Urdu editions carry a word count and no estimate, because no comparable rate has been published for those scripts.