Nichigen

Nichigen
日源
Religion	Buddhism
School	Nichiren Buddhism
Sect	Nichiren-shū
Temple	Jisso-ji
Monastic name	豊前公 (Buzen-kō)
Personal
Born	Sometime before 1263
Died	1315
Senior posting
Title	阿闍梨 (Acharya)
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Teacher	Nichiren

Buzen Nichigen (豊前日源, before 1263-1315) was a disciple of Nichiren who converted along with the rest of the Tendai temple Jisso-ji (實相寺) to Nichiren Buddhism in 1270.^[1] Nichiren's letter Jissoji gosho (實相寺御書, 1278) is addressed to him.^[2] Later, he joined Nichiren on Mount Minobu, and founded several temples after Nichiren's death.

References

1. ^ http://www.miaofa.com/DicoJ.html#jissoji
2. ^ http://homepage3.nifty.com/juhoukai/honngeseiten/mokuroku.html

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