Nichiken

Nichiken
日賢
Religion	Buddhism
School	Nichiren Buddhism
Monastic name	淡路公 (Awaji-kō)
Personal
Born	1243 in Suruga Province[1]
Died	1338
Senior posting
Title	阿闍梨 (Acharya)
Religious career
Teacher	Nichiren

Awaji Nichiken (淡路日賢, 1243‐1338) was a disciple of Nichiren who studied under Nichigen and founded Honjoji (本成寺) in Sanjō, Niigata in 1309. He was granted mandala 52 of the Nichiren Shonin Gohonzon Catalogue.^[2]

He is not to be confused with another Nichiken, born 1393, whose birth name was Daisuke Gakutō (学頭大輔^?).^[3]

References

1. ^ http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%97%A5%E8%B3%A2
2. ^ 日蓮聖人御本尊集
3. ^ 日蓮宗教学史

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