{"product_id":"writings-of-nichiren-shonin-doctrine-2-volume-2-paperback","title":"Writings of Nichiren Shonin Doctrine 2: Volume 2 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKyotsu Hori\u003c\/b\u003e (Compiled by), \u003cb\u003eGeorge Tanabe\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eShinkyo Warner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume, the 9th project of the English Translation Committee of the Nichiren Shu Overseas Propagation Promotion Association (NOPPA), constitutes all 23 writings of Buddhist reformer Nichiren Shōnin (1222-1282) included in the \u003cem\u003eNichiren Shōnin Zenshu, Complete Writings of Nichiren Shōnin\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVolume 2: Theology 2\u003c\/em\u003e, published in Tokyo in 1996.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNichiren Shonin Zenshu\u003c\/em\u003e is a modern Japanese version of Nichiren's original writings, translated and edited with annotations by modern scholars of Nichiren Buddhism. Despite its all-inclusive title, the \u003cem\u003eZenshu\u003c\/em\u003e is highly selective in that it takes into account only writings considered bibliographically authentic: attested to by original manuscripts. Among such texts, those included in the \u003cem\u003eShowa Teihon Nichiren Shonin Ibun, Writings of Nichiren Shonin Standardized in the Showa Period\u003c\/em\u003e, complied by the Rissho Daigaku Nichiren Kyogaku Kenkyu-jo, Center for the Study of Nichiren Buddhism, published by Minobusan Kuonji Temple between 1951 and 1959, are considered the most authoritative, and they provide the basic texts for this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume includes two of Nichiren's five major writings, \u003cem\u003eKaimoku-sho\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eKanzin Honzon-sho\u003c\/em\u003e, both of which were written during his harsh exile to Sado Island. Many others who were seen as a threat to Japan's rulers had been sent there with no provisions for their warmth, nourishment or even safety. In these circumstances Nichiren was determined to provide his followers with a durable preservation of his wisdom, since he was not sure how much longer he would be alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNichiren began writing the \u003cem\u003eKaimoku-sho, Open Your Eyes to the Lotus Teaching\u003c\/em\u003e, almost immediately on arriving at Sado Island. He starts by covering Buddhism in the context of other teachings which have formed the basis of civilization, including Confucianism and other non-Buddhist teachings. He then argues for the supremacy of the \u003cem\u003eLotus Sutra\u003c\/em\u003e among all Buddhist teachings. After surviving the execution at Tatsunokuchi Beach, Nichiren saw himself as the teacher predicted in the \u003cem\u003eLotus Sutra\u003c\/em\u003e as the guide sent by the Buddha to lead this world to the True Dharma. His persecutions showed the truth of the predictions of the \u003cem\u003eLotus Sutra\u003c\/em\u003e, that those who practiced it would face more troubles than even those the Buddha endured in his lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of Nichiren's followers had abandoned him after this second exile, some of them not wanting the same treatment Nichiren endured. He encouraged them to hold strong, that the Buddhas and protective deities would continue to see all of them through these persecutions and that in the end all beings would chant the sacred title, \u003cem\u003eNamu Myoho Renge Kyo\u003c\/em\u003e, when this world would be transformed into the Pure Land of the Buddha.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon after finishing the \u003cem\u003eKaimoku-sho\u003c\/em\u003e, Nichiren wrote the \u003cem\u003eKanzin Honzon-sho, A Treatise Revealing the Spiritual Contemplation and the Most Venerable One\u003c\/em\u003e. This writing is the source of the focus of devotion for all Nichiren Buddhists: the Omandala Gohonzon. Nichiren starts with an explanation of T'ien T'ai's 3000 Existences in One Thought doctrine, the mutual dependence of all worlds, from Hells at the bottom to Buddha realms. He then prescribes the Omandala Gohonzon as a depiction of the ongoing Teaching of the Lotus Sutra, representing not just the sacred title, \u003cem\u003eNamu Myoho Renge Kyo\u003c\/em\u003e, at the center of the practice, but also the interdependence of all realms as described by T'ien T'ai.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 386\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 08, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462296354994,"sku":"9781736955703","price":50.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/e28c587c048e6226a6f3b43b7abbc871.webp?v=1778966558","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/writings-of-nichiren-shonin-doctrine-2-volume-2-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}