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{{Infobox religious biography
|name = Nichiren (日蓮)
|alias = Dai-Nichiren (Kanji: 大日蓮, English: Great Nichiren)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/dai-nichiren-ten-rikkyo-kaishu-750-nen-kinen/oclc/52227561&referer=brief_results|title=Dai Nichiren ten : rikkyō kaishū 750-nen kinen|author=Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan|date=2003|work=WorldCat library|publisher=Sankei Shinbunsha}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dainichiren.com/index.php?id=29#m_dainichiren|title=大日蓮出版|date=2013|work=日蓮正宗の専門書を扱う大日蓮出版|publisher=Dainichiren Publishing Co., Ltd.}}</ref> <br/> Nichiren Daishōnin (Kanji: 日蓮大聖人, English: Great Sage Nichiren)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/dic/Content/D/10|title=Daishonin|last=|first=|date=|website=The Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=September 11, 2018}}</ref> <br/> Nichiren Shōnin (Kanji: 日蓮聖人, English: Sage Nichiren)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34220855|title=The classification of Buddhism = Bukkyō kyōhan : comprising the classification of Buddhist doctrines in India, China and Japan 1873-1949.|last=Petzold |first=Bruno,|date=1995|publisher=Harrassowitz|others=Hanayama, Shinshō, 1898-1995., Ichimura, Shōhei, 1929-, 花山, 信勝(1898-1995)|page=610 |isbn=3447033738|location=Wiesbaden|oclc=34220855}}</ref>
|dharma name = Rencho (1234) <br/> Nichiren (1253)
|birth_date = February 16, 1222
|birth_place = [[Chiba Prefecture]], Japan
|death_date = {{death date and age|1282|10|13|1222|2|16}}
|death_place = Ota Ikegami Daibo Hongyoji
|nationality = [[Japanese people|Japanese]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Nichiren Daishōnin to sono oshie: Nichiren and his doctrine|last=Yamamine|first=Jun|publisher=Kōfukan, University of Michigan|year=1952|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>
|religion = [[Buddhism]]
|denomination = [[Nichiren Buddhism]]
|school = [[Mahayana]] <br/> [[Tendai]]
|education = ''[[Seichō-ji|Kiyozumi-dera]]'' Temple (Seichō-ji), Enryaku-ji Temple on Mount Hiei
|teacher = Dōzenbo of Seichō-ji Temple<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Stone|first=Jacqueline S.|date=1999|title=REVIEW ARTICLE: Biographical Studies of Nichiren |url=http://www.princeton.edu/~jstone/Articles%20on%20the%20Lotus%20Sutra%20Tendai%20and%20Nichiren%20Buddhism/Biographical%20Studies%20of%20Nichiren%20(1999).pdf |journal=Japanese Journal of Religious Studies |volume=26/3–4 |pages=442|via=}}</ref>
|lineage = [[Gautama Buddha]] <br/> [[Tiantai]] ([[Zhiyi]]) <br/> [[Saichō]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bschawaii.org/shindharmanet/studies/nichiren/|title=Understanding the Social and Religious Meaning of Nichiren|last=Bloom|first=Alfred|date=|website=Shin DharmaNet|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=September 11, 2018}}</ref>
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'''Nichiren''' (日蓮; 16 February 1222<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nstmyoshinji.org/ceremonies/otanje-ceremony/|title=Otanjo-E: Celebrating Nichiren’s Birthday|date=2016|work=Otanjo-E ceremony|publisher=NICHIREN SHOSHU MYOSHINJI TEMPLE}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://online.verypdf.com/u/71844/api/20150918-030325-5850041233.pdf|title=Significant SGI Dates|work=VeryPDF Software|publisher=VeryPDF Software}}</ref> – 13 October 1282) was a [[Buddhism in Japan|Japanese Buddhist]] [[priest]] who lived during the [[Kamakura period]] (1185–1333). He founded what is today considered [[Nichiren Buddhism]], a distinct [[Schools of Buddhism|school]] of [[Buddhism]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WE0uAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3&dq=nichiren+founder&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKy-DY27zdAhUoTd8KHZFBDZgQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=nichiren%20founder&f=false|title=Outlines of the Doctrine of the Nichiren Sect: With the Life of Nichiren, the Founder of the Nichiren Sect|last=Arai|first=Nissatsu|publisher=Central Office of the Nichiren Sect|year=1893|isbn=|location=Harvard University|pages=iii}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U4WQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA8&dq=nichiren+founder&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiW4K2C3rzdAhXlQd8KHRoZDLw4ChDoAQg4MAM#v=onepage&q=nichiren%20founder&f=false|title=The Lotus sutra : a contemporary translation of a Buddhist classic|date=2008|publisher=Wisdom Publications|last=Reeves |first=Gene |page=8|isbn=9780861719877|location=Boston|oclc=645422021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34220855|title=The classification of Buddhism = Bukkyō kyōhan : comprising the classification of Buddhist doctrines in India, China and Japan 1873-1949.|last=Petzold |first=Bruno,|date=1995|publisher=Harrassowitz|others=Hanayama, Shinshō, 1898-1995., Ichimura, Shōhei, 1929-, 花山, 信勝(1898-1995)|pages=609-610 |isbn=3447033738|location=Wiesbaden|oclc=34220855}}</ref>

Nichiren has been described as the most famous and controversial preacher of the ''[[Lotus Sutra]]'' in its long history in Japan.<ref name=Lopez2016>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/959534116|title=The Lotus Sūtra : a biography|last=Lopez|first=Donald S., Jr.,|isbn=9781400883349|location=Princeton|year=2016 |oclc=959534116 |page=77 |quote=Among all of the preachers of the dharma of the Lotus Sutra over the past two thousand years, there has been no one like Nichiren. In the long history of the sutra in Japan, he is the most famous--and the most infamous.}}</ref> Nichiren is known for his beliefs that the ''[[Lotus Sutra]]'' contains the highest truth of Buddhist teachings and represents the effective teaching for the [[Three Ages of Buddhism|Third Age of Buddhism]]. He held that social and political peace are dependent on the quality of belief systems upheld in a nation, religious practice can be reduced to the recitation of the Sutra's title, the historical [[Gautama]] Buddha was a manifestation of an eternal and all-pervading Buddha-nature, the existence and manifestation of such Buddha-nature is equally accessible to all, and those who embrace the Sutra must propagate it regardless of persecution.<ref name=Rodd1995>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30623569|title=Great thinkers of the Eastern world : the major thinkers and the philosophical and religious classics of China, India, Japan, Korea, and the world of Islam|date=1995|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|editor1-first=McGreal |editor1-last=Ian Philip |last1=Rodd |first1=Laurel Rasplica |page=327 |isbn=0062700855|edition=1st ed|location=New York|oclc=30623569}}</ref><ref>Jack Arden Christensen, Nichiren: Leader of Buddhist Reformation in Japan, Jain Pub, page 48, {{ISBN|0875730868}}</ref><ref>Jacqueline Stone, "The Final Word: An Interview with Jacqueline Stone", Tricycle, Spring 2006</ref><ref>Stone, Jaqueline (2003). Nichiren, in: Buswell, Robert E. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Buddhism vol. II, New York: Macmillan Reference Lib. {{ISBN|0028657187}}, p. 594</ref><ref>Shuxian Liu,Robert Elliott Allinson, Harmony and Strife: Contemporary Perspectives, East & West, The Chinese University Press, {{ISBN|9622014127}}</ref><ref name=about>{{cite web|url=http://buddhism.about.com/od/nichirenbuddhism/a/nichiren_over.htm|work=About.com|title=Nichiren Buddhism|accessdate=2012-09-21}}</ref>

Nichiren was a prolific writer and his writings provide much of what is known about his biography, temperament, and the evolution of his thinking.<ref>{{Cite book|lay-url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244765387|title=Modernity and religion|date=1987|publisher=Published for the Canadian Corp. for Studies in Religion/Corporation canadienne des Sciences religeuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press|first=Shotara |last=Iida |article=Nichiren 700 years later |others=Nicholls, W. (editor) |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=FtbfAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA89 |isbn=9780889201545|page=99 |location=Waterloo, Ont|oclc=244765387}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Stone|first=Jacqueline I.|date=1999|title=REVIEW ARTICLE: Biographical Studies of Nichiren|url=https://www.princeton.edu/~jstone/Articles%20on%20the%20Lotus%20Sutra%20Tendai%20and%20Nichiren%20Buddhism/Biographical%20Studies%20of%20Nichiren%20(1999).pdf|journal=Japanese Journal of Religious Studies|volume=26/3-4|pages=442|via=}}</ref> At first he advocated a return to the Lotus Sutra exclusiveness of the original Tendai teachings. In a 1260 treatise entitled ''Establishment of Righteousness for the Peace of Nation (Rissho Ankoku Ron)'' he argues that a nation that embraces the Lotus Sutra will experience peace and prosperity whereas rulers who support inferior teachings invite disorder and natural disasters.<ref name=Lopez2016 />{{rp|88}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tricycle.org/magazine/letters-of-nichiren/|title=Letters of Nichiren|last=Fremerman|first=Sarah|work=Tricycle: The Buddhist Review|access-date=2018-09-18|language=en-US}}</ref> In a 1264 essay he argued that the title of the Lotus Sutra, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, encompasses all Buddhist teachings and its recitation leads to enlightenment.<ref name=Rodd1995 />{{rp|328}} From experiencing severe persecution that resulted propagating his teachings, he began to see himself fulfilling the prophecies of the Lotus Sutra and identified himself with bodhisattvas [[Sadāparibhūta]] and [[Visistacaritra]] in the sutra.<ref name=Lopez2016 />{{rp|99,100}}

His interpretation of the Lotus Sutra centers on the emphasis of its 16th chapter, ''The Life Span of the Thus Come One'', from which he declares the chanting of ''[[Nam Myōhō Renge Kyō]]'' as the superior and correct practice for ''[[Mappō]]'' or the Latter Day of the Law.{{needs citation|date=September 2018}}

Nichiren strongly advocated the chanting of ''Nam Myōhō Renge Kyō'' by attributing the natural and social calamities of his time to the inability of [[Pure Land Buddhism|Pure Land]], [[Zen]], [[Shingon Buddhism|Shingon]], [[Risshū (Buddhism)|Risshū]], and [[Tendai]] schools to supernaturally protect Japan. His claims drew much anger from these sects followers and influential religious figures of the time such as Ryokan of the Shingon sect. Nichiren eventually gained the attention of Japan's ruling [[Hōjō clan]] when his two ''[[Lotus Sutra]]''-based predictions of foreign invasion and political strife were seemingly actualized by the [[Mongol invasions of Japan]] and an attempted coup within the [[Hōjō clan]].

The religious remonstration in which he made the predictions ''Risshō Ankoku Ron'' ({{nihongo|立正安国論}}) (''On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Security of the Land'') is considered by Japanese historians to be a literary classic illustrating the apprehensions of that period. In 1358 he was bestowed the title ''Nichiren Bosatsu'' ({{nihongo|日蓮大菩薩}}) (''Great Bodhisattva Nichiren'') by Emperor Go-Kōgan<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1121328|title=Foundation of Japanese Buddhism|first1=Daigan.|last1=Matsunaga,|date=1974 |publisher=Buddhist Books International|last2=Matsunage |first2=Alicia|isbn=0914910256|page=156 |location=Los Angeles|oclc=1121328}}</ref> and in 1922 the title ''Risshō Daishi'' ({{nihongo|立正大師}}) (''Great Teacher of Rectification'') was conferred posthumously by imperial edict.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28567705|title=Japanese Buddhism 1862-1931.|last=Eliot |first=Charles|date=1935|publisher=Curzon Press|others=Parlett, Harold G. (Harold George), Sir, 1869-, Sansom, George Bailey, Sir, 1883-1965.|page=421 |isbn=0700702636|location=Richmond, Surry|oclc=28567705}}</ref>

While all Nichiren Buddhist schools regard him as a ''[[Visistacaritra]]'' or ''Jōgyō'' ({{nihongo|上行}}) (''Bodhisattva Superior Practices''), the Fuji branch of the Nikko-lineage eventually proclaimed Nichiren as the [[Adi-Buddha]] (本仏: ''Honbutsu'') from infinite [[aeon]]s ago, addressing him as the "True Buddha" of the "Latter Day of the Law" as taught in the [[Three Ages of Buddhism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/dic/Content/O/46|title=Original Buddha|work=Nichiren Buddhism Library|publisher=Soka Gakkai}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/dic/Content/T/262|title=True Buddha|work=Nichiren Buddhism Library|publisher=Soka Gakkai}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/dic/Content/L/15|title=Latter Day of the Law|work=Nichiren Buddhism Library|publisher=Soka Gakkai}}</ref>

Today, [[Nichiren Buddhism]] includes traditional schools such as the [[Nichiren-shū]] confederation of schools and [[Nichiren Shōshū]], and modern lay movements such [[Kenshōkai]], [[Shōshinkai]], [[Risshō Kōsei Kai]], [[Honmon Butsuryū-shū]], [[Kempon Hokke]], and [[Soka Gakkai]], various others each claiming their own interpretations of Nichiren's teachings.<ref name=about />

== Early life ==
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=== Birth ===
According to the lunar [[Chinese calendar]], Nichiren was born on 27th of the first month in 1222, which is 16 February in the [[Gregorian calendar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.asia-home.com/china/sollunar.php|title=Conversion of Chinese Lunar Calendar - Gregorian Calendar|publisher=asia-home.com}}</ref>

Nichiren was born in the village of Kominato (today part of the city of [[Kamogawa, Chiba|Kamogawa]]), Nagase District, [[Awa Province (Chiba)|Awa Province]] (within present-day [[Chiba Prefecture]]). Nichiren's father, a fisherman, was Mikuni-no-Tayu Shigetada, also known as Nukina Shigetada Jiro (d. 1258) and his mother was Umegiku-nyo (d. 1267). On his birth, his parents named him {{nihongo|''Zennichimaro''|善日麿}} which has variously been translated into English as "Splendid Sun" and "Virtuous Sun Boy" among others.<ref>Robert S. Ellwood, Introducing Japanese religion,Routledge, {{ISBN|0415774268}}</ref> The exact site of Nichiren's birth is believed to be submerged off the shore from present-day Kominato-zan [[Tanjō-ji]] (小湊山　誕生寺), a temple in Kominato that commemorates Nichiren's birth.

Nichiren stated that he was "the son of a [[chandala]] family who lived near the sea in Tojo in Awa Province, in the remote countryside of the eastern part of Japan".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sgilibrary.org/view.php?page=202&m=1&q=chandala |title=The Writings of Nichiren I, SGI 2006 pp, 202: Banishment to Sado|publisher=Sgilibrary.org |date= |accessdate=2013-09-06}}</ref>

=== Buddhist education ===
In a letter dated the 6th day of the 9th month of the [[Kōan (Kamakura period)|Kōan Era]] (1271), Nichiren writes to a disciple, looking back on his life:

{{quote|[D]etermined to plant a seed of Buddhahood and attain Buddhahood in this life, just as all other people, I relied on Amida Buddha and chanted the name of this Buddha since childhood. However, I began doubting this practice, making a vow to study all the Buddhist sutras, commentaries on them by disciples, and explanatory notes by others[.]<ref name="nyoningosho">{{cite book | last1 = Hori | first1 = Kyotsu | title = Nyonin Gosho: Letters Addressed to Female Followers | publisher = Nichiren-shu Overseas Propagation Promotion Association | year = 1995 | page=182}}</ref>}}

Nichiren began his Buddhist study at a nearby temple of the [[Tendai]] school, [[Seichō-ji]] (清澄寺, also called Kiyosumi-dera), at twelve years old.<ref>Anesaki, Masaharu, Nichiren, the Buddhist prophet, Cambridge : Harvard University Press (1916), p.13</ref> He was formally ordained at sixteen years old and took the Buddhist name {{nihongo|''Zeshō-bō Renchō''|是生房蓮長}} where ''Renchō'' means "Lotus Growth". He left Seichō-ji shortly thereafter to study in [[Kamakura]] and several years later traveled to western Japan for more in-depth study in the [[Kyoto]] and [[Nara, Nara|Nara]] area, where Japan's major centers of Buddhist learning were located.<ref>Jacqueline I. Stone: Review: Biographical Studies of Nichiren, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 26/3-4, pp. 443-444, 1999</ref><ref>The Gosho Translation Committee: ''The Writings of Nichiren, Volume I'', Soka Gakkai, 2006. {{ISBN|4-412-01024-4}}, introduction p. XXV</ref> In 1233 he went to Kamakura, where he studied Pure Land Buddhism, a pious school that stressed salvation through [[nianfo]] (Japanese ''nembutsu'') or the invocation of [[Amitābha]] (Japanese ''Amida''), the Buddha of infinite compassion, under the guidance of a renowned master.

He persuaded those disciples that devotion of Amitābha was not the true Buddhist doctrine, he passed to the study of Zen, which had become popular in Kamakura and Kyōto. He then went to [[Mount Hiei]], the cradle of Tendai, where he felt the original purity of the Tendai doctrine corrupted by the introduction and acceptance of other doctrines, especially Amidism and esoteric Buddhism.<ref>Anesaki, Masaharu, Nichiren, the Buddhist prophet, Cambridge : Harvard University Press (1916), p.17</ref> To eliminate any possible doubts, Nichiren decided to spend some time at [[Mount Kōya]], the centre of Shingon Buddhism, and also in Nara, Japan's ancient capital, where he studied Risshū, which emphasized strict adherence to the [[Vinaya]], the code of monastic discipline and ordination. During this time, he became convinced of the preeminence of the ''Lotus Sutra'' and in 1253, returned to [[Seichō-ji]].<ref>Jack Arden Christensen, Nichiren: Leader of Buddhist Reformation in Japan, Jain Pub , Page 44, {{ISBN|0875730868}}</ref>

=== Declaration of Nam Myoho Renge Kyo ===
On 28 April 1253, he expounded the public declaration of ''Nam Myōhō Renge Kyō'' for the first time. With this, he proclaimed that [[Buddhist devotion]] as the correct form of Buddhism for the current time. At the same time he changed his name to ''Nichiren'', a [[portmanteau]] of ''Nichi'' (日 "Sun") and ''Ren'' (蓮 "Lotus").<ref>Anesaki, Masaharu, Nichiren, the Buddhist prophet, Cambridge : Harvard University Press (1916), p.34</ref> He later explained this choice was rooted in passages from the ''Lotus Sutra''.<ref>Khoon Choy Lee , Japan: Between Myth and Reality, World Scientific Pub Co, page 104,{{ISBN|9810218656}}</ref>

This declaration marked by all schools of Nichiren Buddhism as their cornerstone of foundation (立宗: ''Risshū''). Nichiren began propagating his teachings in Kamakura, the capital of Japan at the time due to the [[Shikken]] or regent and the ''[[shōgun]]'' himself lived and the government was established. He gained followers there consisting of both priests and laity, which several were from among the [[samurai]] class.

Devotees claim that in 1253, Nichiren made a prediction of invasions of Japan, which was validated in 1274. Nichiren viewed his teachings as a method of efficaciously preventing this and other disasters: that the best countermeasure to these disasters were the rejection of all Buddhist practices and singularly practice the chanting of ''Nam Myōhō Renge Kyō'' as he prescribed.<ref>Harvey, 167</ref>

=== First remonstration to the Kamakura government ===
[[File:Nichiren exiled.jpg|thumb|left|The banishment of Nichiren in 1261, whereas the disciple [[Nichirō]] wished to follow, but forbidden to do so. Tourist postcard artwork, circa 1920s.]]

Nichiren then engaged in writing his various works including his {{nihongo|''Risshō Ankoku Ron''<ref name="Two Nichiren Texts">{{cite book|last1=Murano|first1=Senchu|title=Two Nichiren Texts|date=2003|publisher=Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research|location=Berkeley, CA|isbn=1886439176|pages=9–52|url=http://www.bdk.or.jp/pdf/bdk/digitaldl/dBET_TwoNichirenTexts_2003.pdf}}</ref><ref name="sgilibrary.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.sgilibrary.org/view.php?page=6&m=1&q|title=The Writings of Nichiren I, SGI 2006 pp, 6-32: On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land|publisher=Sgilibrary.org |date= |accessdate=2013-09-06}}</ref><ref>A tract revealing the gist of the "rissho angoku-ron", Kyotsu Hori (transl.); Sakashita, Jay (ed.): Writings of Nichiren, Doctrine 1, page 163 University of Hawai'i Press, 2003, {{ISBN|0-8248-2733-3}}</ref>|立正安国論}}: "Treatise On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land", his first major treatise and the first of three remonstrations with government authorities. He felt that it was imperative for "the Sovereign to recognize and accept the singly true and correct form of Buddhism (i.e., 立正: ''risshō'') as the only way to achieve peace and prosperity for the land and its people and end their suffering (i.e., 安国: ''ankoku'')[.]"<ref group=note>Also translated as "On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land" (''The Writings of Nichiren''), "Establishment of the Legitimate Teaching for the Protection of the Country" (''Selected Writings of Nichiren'').</ref>

Nichiren claims that this is the "true and correct form of Buddhism", with regarding the Lotus Sutra as the fullest expression of the Gautama Buddha's teachings and putting them into practice. Nichiren thought this could be achieved in Japan by withdrawing lay support so that the other disciples which he viewed as corrupt would be forced to change their ways or revert to laymen to prevent starving.

Based on apocalyptic prophecies cited in several Buddhist sutras,<ref>Konkomyo Sutra, Daijuku Sutra, Ninno Sutra, Yakushi Sutra, Lotus Sutra and Nirvana Sutra</ref> Nichiren attributed the occurrence of the famines, disease, and natural disasters (especially [[drought]], [[typhoon]]s, and [[earthquake]]s) of his day to claims that the expired teachings of Buddhism were no longer appropriate for the time.

Nichiren submitted his treatise in 16 July 1260 to ''Hojo Tokiyori'', the acting regent of the [[Kamakura shogunate]]. Though it drew no official response, it prompted a severe backlash from the Buddhist priests of other schools. As a result, Nichiren was frequently harassed causing him to constantly change dwellings.

As punishment, Nichiren was exiled to the [[Izu Peninsula]] in 1261, and pardoned in 1263. He was ambushed and nearly killed at Komatsubara in Awa Province in November 1264 by military forces led by Lord Tōjō Kagenobu.

=== Attempts at execution ===

After one exchange with the influential Shingon priest, [[Ninshō|Ninshō Ryōkan]] (良観), Nichiren was summoned for questioning by the Japanese authorities in September 1271. He used this as an opportunity to make his second government remonstration, this time to the police officer, Hei no Saemon (平の左衛門, also called 平頼綱 ''Taira no Yoritsuna'') who summoned him to the court.

Two days later, on September 12, Hei no Saemon and a group of soldiers abducted Nichiren from his hut at Matsubagayatsu, Kamakura with the intent to arrest and behead him. He was brought to Tatsunukuchi beach in [[Shichirigahama]] for execution. According to Nichiren's account, an astronomical phenomenon &mdash; "a brilliant orb as bright as the moon" &mdash; over the execution grounds terrified Nichiren's executioners into inaction.<ref>"The Writings of Nichiren", p. 767</ref> The incident is known as the Tatsunokuchi Persecution and regarded as a turning point in Nichiren's lifetime called ''Hosshaku kenpon'' (発迹顕本), translated as "casting off the transient and revealing the true",{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} or "Outgrowing the provisional and revealing the essential".<ref>{{harv|Tanabe|2002|p=357}}</ref>

=== Second banishment and exile ===
[[File:Konponji-Tempel.jpg|thumb|Konpon Temple was built on [[Sado, Niigata|Sado]] where Nichiren lived during his exile.]]

Unsure of what to do with Nichiren, Hei no Saemon decided to banish him to [[Sado, Niigata]] island in the [[Sea of Japan]] known for its particularly severe winters where exilers do not survive.

This second exile lasted for three years caused him poor health, which later represented one of the most important and productive segments of his life. While on Sado, he won many devoted converts and wrote two of his most important doctrinal treatises, the ''Kaimoku Shō'' (開目抄: "On the Opening of the Eyes")<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sgilibrary.org/view.php?page=220&m=1&q |title= The Writings of Nichiren I, SGI 2006, pp. 220-298: The Opening of the Eyes|publisher=Sgilibrary.org |date= |accessdate=2013-09-06}}</ref> and the ''Kanjin no Honzon Shō'' (観心本尊抄: "The Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind")<ref name="Two Nichiren Texts"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sgilibrary.org/view.php?page=354&m=1&q |title=The Writings of Nichiren I, SGI 2006, pp. 354-382: The Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind |publisher=Sgilibrary.org |date= |accessdate=2013-09-06}}</ref> as well as numerous letters and minor treatises whose content containing critical components of his teaching.

=== The Gohonzon===
During his 1272 exile on Sado island, Nichiren inscribed the first [[Gohonzon#In Nichiren Buddhism|''Gohonzon'']] ({{Nihongo|御本尊}}). He inscribed several during the course of many years. In addition, more than a hundred Gohonzon preserved today are attributed to Nichiren, of which several are prominently retained by the [[Nichiren-shū]] in [[Yamanashi Prefecture]].

[[Hokkekō]] believers claim that on October 12, 1279 he inscribed the ''Dai Gohonzon'' for all humanity after the execution of the three Atsuhara farmers.<ref>Causton, Richard: "Buddha in Daily Life, An Introduction to the Buddhism of Nichiren", Random House 2011, p. 241 {{ISBN|1446489191}}</ref> The [[Dai Gohonzon]] is enshrined currently at the ''Tahō Fuji Dai-Nichirenge-Zan Taiseki-ji'', informally known as the ''Head Temple Taiseki-ji'' of the [[Nichiren Shōshū|Nichiren Shōshū Order of Buddhism]], located at the foot of [[Mount Fuji]] in [[Fujinomiya, Shizuoka]].

=== Return to Kamakura ===
Nichiren was pardoned in February 1274 and returned to Kamakura city in late March. He was again interviewed by Hei no Saemon, who became interested in Nichiren's prediction of an invasion by the Mongols. Mongol messengers demanding Japan's fealty had frightened the authorities into believing that Nichiren's prophecy of foreign invasion would materialize (which it later did in October of that year; see [[Mongol invasions of Japan]]). Nichiren, however, used the audience as yet another opportunity to remonstrate with the government.

=== Retirement to Mount Minobu ===
With the exception of a few short journeys, Nichiren spent the rest of his life at Minobu, where he and his disciples completed the [[Kuon-ji|Myō-hōkke-in Kuon-ji]] Temple (久遠寺) in 1281<ref name=Christensen2001>{{Cite book|lay-url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43030590|title=Nichiren : leader of Buddhist reformation in Japan|last=Christensen |first=Jack Arden|date=2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KsztCdAZo9oC&q=izu#v=onepage&q=hermitage&f=false |publisher=Jain Publishing Co|isbn=9780875730868|location=Fremont, Calif.|oclc=43030590}}</ref>{{rp|117}}, and he continued writing and training his disciples. Two of his works from this period are the ''Senji Shō'' (撰時抄: "The Selection of the Time")<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sgilibrary.org/view.php?page=538&m=1&q |title=The Writings of Nichiren I, SGI 2006, pp. 538-594: The Selection of the Time |publisher=Sgilibrary.org |date= |accessdate=2013-09-06}}</ref> and the ''Hōon Shō'' (報恩抄: "On Repaying Debts of Gratitude"),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sgilibrary.org/view.php?page=45&m=1&q |title=SGI The Writings of Nichiren I, SGI 2006, pp. 41-47: The Four Debts of Gratitude|publisher=Sgilibrary.org |date= |accessdate=2013-09-06}}</ref> which, along with his ''Risshō Ankoku Ron'' (立正安国論: "On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land"), ''Kaimoku Shō'' ("The Opening of the Eyes"), and ''Kanjin no Honzon Shō'' ("The Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind"), constitute his Five Major Writings. He also inscribed numerous [[Gohonzon (Nichiren Buddhism)|Gohonzon]] for bestowal upon specific disciples and lay believers.

Many of these survive today in the repositories of Nichiren temples such as [[Taiseki-ji]] (大石寺) in [[Fujinomiya, Shizuoka]], which has a particularly large collection of scrolls that is publicly aired once a year, along with the dusting of the Dai-Gohonzon (''O-mushibarai ceremony'') by the High Priest of Nichiren Shoshu in April, as well as the public exposure of the statue of the master in both Mieido and Hoando buildings in November.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}}

=== Death ===
Nichiren spent his final years writing, inscribing Gohonzon for his disciples and believers, and delivering sermons. In failing health, he was encouraged to travel to hot springs for their medicinal benefits. He left Minobu in the company of several disciples on September 8, 1282.

On 13 October 1282, Nichiren died in the presence of many disciples and lay believers. His funeral and cremation took place the following day. His disciples left Ikegami with Nichiren's ashes on October 21, reaching Minobu on October 25. Nichiren's original tomb is sited, as per his request, at [[Kuon-ji]] on Mount Minobu while Nichiren Shoshu claims that his disciples, the Chief Priest of Kuon-Ji temple consequently brought his ashes along with his other articles to Mount Fuji, where they are now enshrined on the left side next to the [[Dai Gohonzon]] within the ''Hoando'' storage house. {{citation needed|date=August 2015}}<!-- The source cited is for Nichiren's own desire to be interred there, not for his tomb actually being sited there. ~Hijiri88, August 2015. --><ref group=note>"please build my grave on Mount Minobu, because that is where is where I spent nine years reciting the Lotus Sutra to my heart's content. My heart lives forever on Mount Minobu" (Montgomery, Daniel [1991]. Fire in the Lotus, The Dynamic Religion of Nichiren, London: Dai Gohonzon, {{ISBN|978-1852740917}}, page 144 [Hakii-dono Gosho, Shingyo Hikkei, 105])</ref>

== Development of Nichiren's teachings ==
{{Main article|Nichiren Buddhism}}
Nichiren attributed the turmoils and disasters in society to his personal claim that the Buddhist teachings his time, including the Tendai sect in which he was ordained: "It is better to be a leper who chants Nam-myōhō-renge-kyō than be a chief abbot of the Tendai school".<ref>{{harv|Stone|2003|p=254}}</ref><ref>{{harv|Stone|2003|pp=240–1}}</ref> Accordingly, the Kamakura period of 13th century Japan in which Nichiren was born was characterised by natural disasters, internal strife and political conflict that he attributed to the [[Three Ages of Buddhism|third age of Buddhism]].<ref>{{harv|Stone|2003|p=56}}</ref>

At age 32, Nichiren began to denounce all Mahayana Buddhist schools of his time and by declaring the correct teaching as the Universal Dharma (''Nam-Myōhō-Renge-Kyō'') and chanting its words as the only path for both personal and social salvation.<ref>The Essence of Nichiren Shu Buddhism, SanJose Temple, page 81/{{ISBN|0970592000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sgilibrary.org/view.php?page=3 |title=The Writings of Nichiren I, SGI 2006, pp. 3-5: On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime |publisher=Sgilibrary.org |date= |accessdate=2013-09-06}}</ref>

At the age of 51, Nichiren inscribed his own gohonzon, the object of veneration or worship in his Buddhism, "never before known", as he described it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/wnd-1/Content/101|title=The Real Aspect of the Gohonzon|work=Nichiren Buddhism Library|publisher=Soka Gakkai}}</ref>

Other contributions of Nichiren to Buddhism were the teaching of "The Five Guides of Propagation",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sgilibrary.org/view.php?page=77&m=3&q=the%20five%20guides%20for%20propagation |title= The Writings of Nichiren I, SGI 2006, p. 77: Encouragement of a Sick Person|publisher=Sgilibrary.org |date= |accessdate=2013-09-06}}</ref> The doctrine of the Three Great Secret Dharmas<ref>The Essence of Nichiren Shu Buddhism, SanJose Temple, page 84/{{ISBN|0970592000}}</ref> and the teaching of The Three Proofs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sgilibrary.org/search_dict.php?id=2363 |title= The Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism 2002: Three proofs |publisher=Sgilibrary.org |date= |accessdate=2013-09-06}}</ref> for verification of the validity of Buddhist doctrines. There is a difference between Nichiren teachings and almost all schools of Mahayana Buddhism regarding the understanding of the Latter day of the Law, the ''Mappō''. Nichiren believed that the teachings of the Lotus Sutra will flourish for all eternity, and the disciples on Earth will propagate Buddhism in the future.<ref>Asai Endō (1968; translated 1999). [https://web.archive.org/web/20141213161833/http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/nfile/2683 Nichiren's View of Humanity: The Final Dharma Age and the Three Thousand Realms in One Thought-Moment], Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 26 (3-4), 239-240. See also {{cite web|url=http://www.sgilibrary.org/view.php?page=437&m=3&q=The%20Buddha%20did%20not%20entrust%20these%20five%20characters |title=The Writings of Nichiren I, SGI 2006, p. 437 Rebuking Slander of the Law |publisher=Sgilibrary.org |date= |accessdate=2013-09-06}}, {{cite web|url=http://www.sgilibrary.org/view.php?page=736&m=3&q=compassion%20is%20truly%20great%20and%20encompassing |title=The Writings of Nichiren I, SGI 2006, p. 736: On Repaying Depts of Gratitude |publisher=Sgilibrary.org |date= |accessdate=2013-09-06}} and {{cite web|url=http://www.sgilibrary.org/view.php?page=903&m=3&q=neither%20the%20Lotus%20Sutra%20nor |title=The Writings of Nichiren I, SGI 2006, p. 903: The Teaching for the Latter Day |publisher=Sgilibrary.org |date= |accessdate=2013-09-06}}.</ref>{{failed verification|date=September 2015}}

Nichiren criticized other Buddhist schools for what he viewed as manipulations of the populace for both political and religious control. Citing various Buddhist sutras and commentaries, Nichiren claimed and argued that these Buddhist schools were distorting the religious teachings for their own gain. Furthermore, he stated in his {{nihongo|''Risshō Ankoku Ron''<ref name="sgilibrary.org"/>|立正安国論}}: "Treatise On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land",<ref group=note>Also translated as "On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land" (''The Writings of Nichiren''), "Establishment of the Legitimate Teaching for the Protection of the Country" (''Selected Writings of Nichiren''), and others.</ref><ref>Writings of Nichiren, Doctrine I, page 105-155</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nichirenscoffeehouse.net/Ryuei/RAR.html |title=Living Rissho Ankoku Ron Commentary by Rev. Ryuei |publisher=Nichirenscoffeehouse.net |date= |accessdate=2013-09-06}}</ref> his first major treatise and the first of three remonstrations with government authorities.

After Nichiren's death, his teachings were interpreted in different ways. As a result, Nichiren Buddhism encompasses several major branches and schools, each with its own doctrine and set of interpretations of Nichiren's teachings.

== Writings ==
[[File:Risshou Ankokuron.jpg|thumb|A section of the Risshō Ankoku Ron]]
Many of Nichiren's writings still exist in his original handwriting, both some as complete writings and some as remaining fragments. Other documents survive as copies made by his immediate disciples. Nichiren's existing works number over 700 manuscripts in total, including transcriptions of orally delivered lectures, letters of remonstration and illustrations.<ref>Burton Watson and the Gosho Translation Committee: The Writings of Nichiren, Volume I, Soka Gakkai, 2006. {{ISBN|4-412-01024-4}}</ref><ref>Burton Watson and the Gosho Translation Committee: The Writings of Nichiren, Volume II, Soka Gakkai, 2006. {{ISBN|4-412-01350-2}}</ref><ref>Kyotsu Hori (transl.): Writings of Nichiren, Doctrine Vol. 1-6, University of Hawai'i Press, 2003-2010</ref><ref>Jacqueline I. Stone, Some disputed writings in the Nichiren corpus: Textual, hermeneutical and historical problems, dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles, 1990 [http://www.princeton.edu/~jstone/Dissertation/Some%20Disputed%20Writings%20in%20the%20Nichiren%20Corpus%20Textual,%20Herme.pdf PDF] (21 MB) retrieved 07/26/2013</ref><ref>Sueki Fumehiko: Nichirens Problematic Works, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 26/3-4, 261-280, 1999</ref>

Today's Nichiren schools widely disagree which of his writings can be deemed authentic and which are apocryphal.<ref>[http://nichirenscoffeehouse.net/gosho.html Listing of Authenticated Gosho (Goibun) of Nichiren]</ref> Nichiren declared that women could attain enlightenment,<ref>Kurihara, Toshie. 2003. "A History of Women in Japanese Buddhism: Nichiren's Perspectives on the Enlightenment of Women." The Journal of Oriental Studies, vol. 13. p.94 [http://www.iop.or.jp/0313/kurihara.pdf] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314095112/http://www.iop.or.jp/0313/kurihara.pdf |date=March 14, 2012 }}</ref><ref>Oguri, Junko. 1987. '' Nyonin ojo: Nihon-shi ni miru onna no sukui ''(Women's Capacity to Be Reborn in the Pure Land: Women's Salvation in Japanese History). Jimbun Shoin, p. 122. See also: Oguri, Junko. 1984. "Views on Women's Salvation in Japanese Buddhism" in Young East 10/1, pp 3-11.</ref><ref>[http://www.sgilibrary.org/view.php?page=385&m=0&q=](WND, p.385)</ref> therefore a great number of letters were addressed to female believers. Some schools within Nichiren Buddhism consider this to be a unique feature of Nichiren's teachings and have published separate volumes of those writings.<ref>Nyonin Gosho, Letters Addressed to Female Followers, Translated by Nichiren Shu Overseas Ministers in North America, Edited and Compiled by Kyotsu Hori, published 1995 by Nichiren Shu Overseas Propagation Promotion Association</ref>

In addition to treatises written in formal ''[[kanbun]]'' (漢文) [[Classical Chinese]], Nichiren also wrote expositories and letters to disciples and lay followers in mixed-[[kanji]]&ndash;[[kana]] vernacular as well as letters in simple [[kana]] for believers who could not read the more-formal styles, particularly children.

Some of Nichiren's ''kanbun'' works, especially the ''Risshō Ankoku Ron'', are considered exemplary of the ''kanbun'' style, while many of his letters show unusual empathy and understanding for the down-trodden of his day. Many of his most famous letters were to female believers, whom he often complimented for their in-depth questions about Buddhism while encouraging them in their efforts to attain enlightenment in this lifetime.

=== Selected important writings ===
The five major writings that are common to all Nichiren Buddhism are:<ref>Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism, Soka Gakkai, "Five Major Writings"</ref><ref>Dharma Flower, Ryuei Michael McCormick (2000), p. 156: "The five most important works of Nichiren. The five major writings are: Rissho ankoku ron (Treatise on Spreading Peace Throughout the Country by Establishing the True Dharma), Kaimoku sho (Open Your Eyes), Kanjin no honzon sho (Spiritual Contemplation and the Focus of Devotion), Senji sho (Selecting the Right Time), and Ho'on sho (Recompense of Indebtedness)."</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism, Soka Gakkai, "Ten Major Writings".</ref>

* ''On Establishing the Correct teaching for the Peace of the Land'' (''Rissho Ankoku Ron'') — written between 1258-1260.<ref>Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism, Soka Gakkai, "Rissho Ankoku Ron".</ref>
* ''The Opening of the Eyes'' (''Kaimoku-sho'') — written in 1272.
* ''The Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind'' (''Kanjin-no Honzon-sho'') — written in 1273.
* ''The Selection of the Time'' (''Senji-sho'') — written in 1275.
* ''On Repaying Debts of Gratitude'' (''Ho'on-sho'') — written in 1276.

Accordingly, the [[Taiseki-ji]] of the Nichiren Shōshū revere an additional set of ten major writings. Other Nichiren sects either dispute them as secondary of importance, [[apocryphal]], or forgery:<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

* ''On Chanting the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra'' (''Sho-hokke Daimoku-sho'') — Written in 1260.
* ''On Taking the Essence of the Lotus Sutra'' (''Hokke Shuyo-sho'') — written in 1274.
* ''On the Four Stages of Faith and the Five Stages of Practice'' (''Shishin Gohon-sho'') — written in 1277.
* ''Letter to Shimoyama'' (''Shimoyama Gosho-soku'') — written in 1277.
* ''Questions and Answers on the Object of Devotion'' (''Honzon Mondo-sho'') — written in 1278.

=== Writings to women ===
Against a backdrop of early Buddhist teachings that deny the possibility of enlightenment to women or reserve that possibility for life after death, Nichiren is highly sympathetic to women. Based on various passages from the Lotus Sutra Nichiren asserts that "Other sutras are written for men only. This sutra is for everyone." He plays particular attention to the instantaneous attainment of enlightenment of [[Longnü|the Dragon King's daughter]] in the "Devadatta" (Twelfth) chapter of the Lotus Sutra. In his personal letters to women followers Nichiren displays deep concern for their fears and worries.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rasplica Rodd|first=Laurel|date=|title=Nichiren's Teachings to Women|url=https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wcaaspapers/vol1/iss5/1|journal=Selected Papers in Asian Studies: Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies|volume=1 issue 5|pages=8-18|via=}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book|last1=Montgomery|first1=Daniel B.|title=Fire in the lotus: the dynamic Buddhism of Nichiren|date=1991|publisher=Dai Gohonzon|location=London|isbn=978-1852740917|ref=harv}}
* {{cite book|last1=Stone|first1=Jacqueline Ilyse|title=Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jbO_KctXdecC&pg=PA240|date=1 May 2003|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-2771-7|ref=harv}}
* {{cite book|author1=Nichiren Shoshu International Center|authorlink1=Nichiren Shōshū|title=A Dictionary of Buddhist terms and concepts.|date=1983|publisher=Nichiren Shoshu International Center|location=Tokyo|isbn=978-4888720144|edition=1st|ref=harv}}
* {{cite book|last1=Causton|first=Richard|title=Buddha in Daily Life: An Introduction to the Buddhism of Nichiren|date=1985|publisher=Random House|ref=harv}}
* {{cite book|last1=Christensen|first1=J. A.|title=Nichiren|date=2000|publisher=Jain Publishing Co.|location=Fremont, CA|isbn=978-0875730868|ref=harv}}
* {{cite book|last1=Harvey|first1=Peter|title=An introduction to Buddhism : teaching, history and practices|date=1992|publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press|location=Cambridge [u.a.]|isbn=978-0521313339|edition=Repr.|ref=harv}}
* {{cite book|last1=Tamura|first1=Yoshiro|title=Japanese Buddhism : a cultural history|date=2000|publisher=Kosei Publ.|location=Tokyo|isbn=978-4333016846|edition=1. Engl.|ref=harv}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Tanabe|editor1-first=George|title=Writings of Nichiren.|date=2002|publisher=Nichiren Shū overseas propagation promotion association|location=Tokyo|isbn=978-0824825515|ref=harv}}
* The English Buddhist Dictionary Committee (2002). [http://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/dic/toc/ ''The Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism.''], Tokyo, Soka Gakkai, {{ISBN|4-412-01205-0}}
* {{cite book|author1=Nichiren Buddhist Temple of San Jose|authorlink1=Nichiren Shū|title=Lotus seeds: The Essence of Nichiren Shu Buddhism.|date=1957|publisher=Nichiren Buddhist Temple of San Jose|location=San Jose, CA|isbn=978-0970592002|ref=harv}}

== English translations of Nichiren's writings ==
* [http://nichiren.info/gosho.html The Major Writings of Nichiren.] Soka Gakkai, Tokyo, 1999.
* ''Heisei Shimpen Dai-Nichiren Gosho'' (平成新編　大日蓮御書: "Heisei new compilation of Nichiren's writings"), Taisekiji, 1994.
* ''The Writings of Nichiren, Volume I'', Burton Watson and the Gosho Translation Committee. Soka Gakkai, 2006, {{ISBN|4-412-01024-4}}.
* ''The Writings of Nichiren, Volume II'', Burton Watson and the Gosho Translation Committee. Soka Gakkai, 2006, {{ISBN|4-412-01350-2}}.
* ''The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings'', Burton Watson, trans. Soka Gakkai, 2005, {{ISBN|4-412-01286-7}}.
* ''Writings of Nichiren'', Chicago, Middleway Press, 2013, The Opening of the Eyes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/opening-of-the-eyes-commentaries-on-the-writings-of-nichiren/oclc/853362350&referer=brief_results|title=The Opening of the Eyes : Commentaries on the Writings of Nichiren.|author=[[Daisaku Ikeda]]|date=2013|work=WorldCat library|publisher=Chicago : Middleway Press}}</ref>
* ''Writings of Nichiren'', Doctrine 1, University of Hawai'i Press, 2003, {{ISBN|0-8248-2733-3}}.
* ''Writings of Nichiren'', Doctrine 2, University of Hawai'i Press, 2002, {{ISBN|0-8248-2551-9}}.
* ''Writings of Nichiren'', Doctrine 3, University of Hawai'i Press, 2004, {{ISBN|0-8248-2931-X}}.
* ''Writings of Nichiren'', Doctrine 4, University of Hawai'i Press, 2007, {{ISBN|0-8248-3180-2}}.
* ''Writings of Nichiren'', Doctrine 5, University of Hawai'i Press, 2008, {{ISBN|0-8248-3301-5}}.
* ''Writings of Nichiren'', Doctrine 6, University of Hawai'i Press, 2010, {{ISBN|0-8248-3455-0}}.
* ''Letters of Nichiren'', [[Burton Watson]] et al., trans.; Philip B. Yampolsky, ed. Columbia University Press, 1996 {{ISBN|0-231-10384-0}}.
* ''Selected Writings of Nichiren'', Burton Watson et al., trans.; Philip B. Yampolsky, ed. [[Columbia University]], Press, 1990,{{ISBN|0-231-07260-0}}.

== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160101091859/http://nichirenscoffeehouse.net/Ryuei/NichirensBio.html Life of Nichiren by Ryuei Michael McCormick]
* [http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~shibuken/Nichiren/index.html Renso Den, An Illustrated Life Story of Nichiren] with pictures by K. Touko1920
* [http://www.myokan-ko.net/menu/eds.htm An English biography of Nichiren on the website of the Myokanko, a Japanese group associated with Nichiren Shoshu]
* [http://www.sgi.org/ Official Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Website]
* [http://www.nichirenshoshu.or.jp/page/eng/index_e.html Official Nichiren Shoshu Website]
* [http://www.nichiren-shu.org/ Official Nichiren Shu Website]
* [http://nichirenbuddhist.com// Official Nichiren Buddhist Association of America Website]
* ''Nichiren - a Man of Many Miracles'' (日蓮と蒙古大襲来 ''[[Nichiren to mōko daishūrai]]'') - 1958 film by Kunio Watanabe.

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