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Nichiren

Buddhist sects

日蓮宗 ・ Reading: にちれんしゅう

Definition

Nichiren is a school of Japanese Buddhism founded by the monk Nichiren in the 13th century, centred on devotion to the Lotus Sutra through the chant Namu Myoho Renge Kyo.

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