NICHIREN

Meaning of NICHIREN in English

[ 'nɪʃərən ]

(also ~ Buddhism )

■ noun a Japanese Buddhist sect founded by the religious teacher ~ (1222–82).

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NICHIREN — orig. Zennichi born March 30, 1222, Kominato, Japan died Nov. 14, 1282, Ikegami Japanese Buddhist prophet, founder of Nichiren Buddhism …
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
NICHIREN — born March 30, 1222, Kominato, Japan died Nov. 14, 1282, Ikegami original name Zennichi, also called Zenshobo Rencho, posthumous name …
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NICHIREN — Nichiren BrE AmE ˌnɪtʃ ɪ ˈren ˌ••ˈ•; ˈnɪʃ ər ən —Japanese [ ˈɲi tɕi ɾeɴ ]
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NICHIREN — n. orig. Zennichi born March 30, 1222, Kominato, Japan died Nov. 14, 1282, Ikegami Japanese Buddhist prophet, founder of Nichiren …
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NICHIREN — Нитирэн
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NICHIREN BUDDHISM — One of the largest schools of Japanese Buddhism , founded by Nichiren . It believes that the essence of the …
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NICHIREN BUDDHISM — /nich"euhr euhn/ a doctrine of salvation based on the Lotus Sutra. [ after Nichiren (1222-82), a Japanese Buddhist monk who …
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NICHIREN BUDDHISM — school of Japanese Buddhism named after its founder, the 13th-century militant prophet and saint Nichiren. It is one of the …
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NICHIREN BUDDHISM — One of the largest schools of Japanese Buddhism , founded by Nichiren . It believes that the essence of the …
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SOKA-GAKKAI — Lay religious and political group associated with the Buddhist sect Nichiren-sho-shu (see Nichiren Buddhism ). The most successful of Japan's …
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MAHAYANA — One of the three major Buddhist traditions. It arose in the 1st century AD and is widely followed today in …
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LOTUS SUTRA — Text central to the Japanese Tendai (Chinese Tiantai ) and Nichiren sects of Mahayana Buddhism. It represents the Buddha as …
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KAMAKURA PERIOD — (1192–1333) Period of Japanese history marked by the country's first era of military government. The Kamakura shogunate was established by …
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BUDDHISM — I Religion and philosophy founded in northeastern India in the 5th century BC based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, …
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SOKA GAKKAI — ˌsōkə¦gäkī noun Usage: usually capitalized S&G Etymology: Japanese Sōka Gakkai , lit, value-creation society : a lay religious organization of …
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MAPPO — in Japanese Buddhism, the age of the degeneration of the Buddha's law, which some believe to be the current age …
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SOKA-GAKKAI — (Japanese: Value-Creation Society), a lay religious group associated with the Japanese Buddhist sect Nichiren-sho-shu. Soka-gakkai has had rapid growth since …
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SADO — island, Niigata Prefecture (ken), Japan, in the Sea of Japan, 32 mi (51 km) west of Honshu. It faces Niigata, …
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RISSHO-KOSEI-KAI — (Japanese: Society for Establishing Righteousness and Friendly Relations), lay religious group in Japan based on the teachings of the Nichiren …
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REIYU-KAI — (Japanese: Association of the Friends of the Spirit), Japanese lay religion based on the teachings of the Nichiren school of …
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MAHAYANA — (Sanskrit: Greater Vehicle), one of the two major Buddhist traditions and the form most widely adhered to in China, Korea, …
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LOTUS SUTRA — Sanskrit Saddharmapundarika-sutra (Lotus of the Good Law [or True Doctrine] Sutra), one of the earlier Mahayana Buddhist texts venerated as …
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KAMAKURA PERIOD — in Japanese history, the period from 1192 to 1333 during which the basis of feudalism was firmly established. It was …
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ISHIBASHI TANZAN — born Sept. 25, 1884, Tokyo died April 25, 1973, Tokyo politician, economist, and journalist who was prime minister of Japan …
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HASEGAWA TOHAKU — born 1539, Nanao, Japan died March 20, 1610, Edo? [now Tokyo] Japanese painter of the Azuchi-Momoyama period (15741600) and the …
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BUDDHISM
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ANEZAKI MASAHARU — born July 25, 1873, Kyoto, Japan died July 23, 1949, Atami also called Anezaki Chofu, Anezaki also spelled Anesaki Japanese …
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SOKA-GAKKAI — Lay religious and political group associated with the Buddhist sect Nichiren-sho-shu (see Nichiren Buddhism ). The most successful of Japan's …
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MAHAYANA — n. One of the three major Buddhist traditions. It arose in the 1st century AD and is widely followed today …
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LOTUS SUTRA — Text central to the Japanese Tendai (Chinese Tiantai ) and Nichiren sects of Mahayana Buddhism. It represents the Buddha as …
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