History and Scholarship Nichiren Lineages Buddhism
History and Scholarship Nichiren Lineages Buddhism
History and Scholarship
Historical perspectives and scholarly studies of Nichiren Buddhism and its derivative forms.
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- Offers biographies of various Lotus Sutra commentators, along with select academic lectures.
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- Student paper (University of Virginia, 1999) profiling Soka Gakkai's history, beliefs, issues and controversies. Includes links, abstracts and a print bibliography.
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- Syllabus and bibliography of works on Nichiren's historical background, career, philosophy and tradition by Jacquiline Stone.
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- Lectures on the Lotus Sutra by Rev. Shokai Kanai of the Nichiren Shu.
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- Attempts to convey the complex imagery behind the root characters (chinese radicals) from their simple meanings.
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- Offers excerpted biographical entry describing Nichiren from the "Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion."
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- Paper by Peggy Morgan which discusses ethical imperatives associated with historical and religious claims primarily within the Rissho Kosekai Buddhist experience.
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- Student paper profiling Nichiren Shoshu's history, beliefs, issues and controversies with links, abstracts, and bibliography.
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- Department of Nichiren Buddhism and a research institute in Nichiren Buddhist Studies established to educate student priests of the Nichiren sect of Buddhism.
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- A review by Brian Brocking in the online Journal of Buddhist Ethics of "A Time to Chant: The Soka Gakkai Buddhists in Britain" authored by Bryan Wilson and Karel Dobbelaere.
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- Article by Jacqueline Stone featured in a Special issue of the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, which offers a brief historical overview outlining the origins of "Lotus exclusivism" in Nichiren's thought and how it affected the development
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- St Martin's College Department of Religion and Ethics synopsis of Nichiren Buddhism.
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- Collection of quotes and summaries, with links to full text writings based on translations found in the Yampolsky edition of "Letters of Nichiren" (translated by Burton Watson et al.).
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- A collection of Buddhist myths, parables, and essays.
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- Erika Gsell provides a brief scholarly comparison of some aspects of the theoretical and practical approaches of Nichiren Buddhism with aspects of Jungian analytical psychology.
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- Endo Asai considers Nichiren's view of the human state in terms of both thought and actual circumstances. (PDF file, Adobe Acrobat reader software required).
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