Nichiji
Nichiji | |
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日持 | |
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| Born | Kaikō 1250 in Xuanhua District |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Nichiren Buddhism |
| Organization | |
| Temple | Lìhuà Temple |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Nichiren |
Students
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Nichiji (日持; February 10, 1250 – after 1304), also known as Kaikō, was a
.Nichiji was born in Suruga Province, the second child of a large and powerful family. At first he studied to become a Tendai priest but soon he joined Nichiren as one of his initial followers.
Nichiji was one of the "six chosen disciples" of Nichiren, but was also a disciple of
Xanadu in order to convert the Mongols.[3]
For many centuries it was unknown what happened to Nichiji after he left Japan.Xuanhua District instead of Xanadu. In Xuanhua, he founded Lìhuà Temple (立化寺塔; Japanese: Rikka-ji).,[3] and a few Chinese residents converted to Nichiren Buddhism under his tutelage, including an old man named Nishote whom he mentions as his chief disciple. He died sometime after 1304.
In
Nichiren Shū Nichiji is regarded as a patron saint of foreign missionaries.[7]
References
- ISBN 0-914910-26-4.
- ISBN 0-559-67920-3
- ^ ISBN 0-8047-2567-5. Stanford University Press, 1996. p. 29.
- ^ Shimpan Bukkyō Tetsugaku Daijiten, p. 1368
- ^ (in Japanese) Nichiren-shu biography
- ^ (in Japanese) Relics of Nichiji
- ^ The Six Major Disciples of Nichiren
Further reading
- Li Narangoa. Japanische Religionspolitik in der Mongolei 1932-1945. Reformbestrebungen und Dialog zwischen japanischem und mongolischem Buddhismus. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1998.
- Montgomery, Daniel (1991). Fire in the Lotus, The Dynamic Religion of Nichiren, London: Mandala, ISBN 1852740914
- 前嶋 信次 . "日持上人の大陸渡航について―宣化出土遺物を中心として "
External links
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 (in Chinese) Photo of Lìhuà Temple |
- Treasures of Senka - documentary in English
- (in Japanese) Hakodate News
- 日持上人開教の事跡－津軽十三湊をめぐって－". Nichiren Buddhism Modern Religious Institute.
- 劇画宗門史「日持上人」
- "Modern Japanese Buddhism and Pan-Asianism"
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