Honmon Butsuryū Shū

Entrance to Yusei-ji in Kyoto
Temple of Honmon Butsuryū-shū (Taissen-ji) in Brazil

The Honmon Butsuryū-shū (本門佛立宗) is a branch of Nichiren Buddhism founded by Nagamatsu Nissen (長松 日扇; 1817–1890) in 1857.[1] Even though regarded as the first lay movement devoted to the Lotus Sutra and the teachings of Nichiren, it introduced a priesthood in 1947 and is therefore sometimes also referred to as a traditional Nichiren school.[2] It is however not in a direct continuous lineage to the six senior disciples appointed by Nichiren and regarded as one of Japan’s new religious movements.[3]

Honmon Butsuryu Shu members practice in the tradition of Nichiren’s disciple Daikoku Ajari Nichiro (1245-1320) and consider Keirin-bo Nichiryu Daishonin (慶林坊日隆, 1385-1464) to be the second greatest leader of their school.[4] Nichiryu Daishonin played an active role in reviving Nichiren Buddhism by transcribing many of Nichiren Shonin’s manuscripts and concluding that his teaching were fundamentally based in the “Honmon” (8 chapters) of the Lotus Sutra.[5]

The head temple of Honmon Butsuryū-shū is the Yūsei-ji located in Kyoto. Even though congregations in North America and Brazil do exist, the majority of its believers are in Japan.

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References

  1. ↑ Yunesuko Higashi Ajia Bunka Kenkyū Sentā (1969). East Asian Cultural Studies, Volumes 8-13; Centre for East Asian Cultural Studies, pp. 17-20
  2. ↑ Hinnels, John R. (1995). A New Dictionary of Religions, Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA: Blackwell, ISBN 0631181393
  3. ↑ Montgomery, Daniel (1991). Fire in the Lotus, The Dynamic Religion of Nichiren, London: Mandala, ISBN 1852740914, page 249-251
  4. ↑ Fukuoka, Nisso R. General Guide Line of Honmon Butsuryushu. Butsuryushu Research Institute. pp. 63–65.
  5. ↑ Shinnosuke, YONEZAWA (2012-03-20). "The Difference between the "Two Half and One Whole Chapters" and The "Basic Eight Chapters" in the Lotus Sutra". Journal of Indian and Buddhist studies (60(2)): 649–652.

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