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For Nichiren Shoshu, Gongyo is performed twice daily, upon rising and before retiring ("Often translated as morning and evening gongyo"). Nichiren Shu has many types of gongyo a person can perform. There is an additional form of gongyo performed at homes and in temples in which the entire Lotus Sutra is recited over the course of 32 days.
A scene of the Ushitora Gongyo is featured in the original, unedited version of the 1976 Soka Gakkai film "Zoku Ningen Kakumei" (English: Human Revolution). The fictionalized film re-dramatizes the first honorary President Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and his religious conversion to the sect of Nichiren Shōshū during the Second World War .
Nichiren Shōshū (日 蓮 正 宗, English: The Orthodox School of Nichiren) is a branch of Nichiren Buddhism based on the traditionalist teachings of the 13th century Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren (1222–1282), claiming him as its founder through his senior disciple Nikko Shonin (1246–1333), the founder of Head Temple Taiseki-ji, near Mount Fuji.
[2] [3] Kōsen means to "widely declare." "Widely" implies speaking out to the world, to an ever-greater number and ever-broader spectrum of people. "Declare" means to proclaim one's ideals, principles and philosophy. The ru (flow) of rufu means "a current like that of a great river," and fu (cloth) means "to spread out like a bolt of cloth."
Nichiren Shū (日蓮宗, School of Nichiren) is a combination of several schools ranging from four of the original Nichiren Buddhist schools that date back to Nichiren's original disciples, and part of the fifth: [2] [3] [4]
Nichiren Buddhism (Japanese: 日蓮仏教), also known as Hokkeshū (Japanese: 法華宗, meaning Lotus Sect), is a branch of Mahayana Buddhism based on the teachings of the 13th-century Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren (1222–1282) and is one of the Kamakura period schools.
The Dai Gohonzon of the High Sanctuary of the Essential Teachings, commonly known as the Dai Gohonzon (Japanese: 大 御 本 尊 The Supreme (Great) Gohonzon or Honmon—Kaidan—no—Dai—Gohonzon, Japanese: 本 門 戒 壇 の 大 御 本 尊) is a venerated mandala image inscribed with both Sanskrit and Chinese logographs on a median log trunk of Japanese camphorwood.
[9] Taiseki-ji is the home of the Dai Gohonzon, Nichiren Shoshu's object of worship. [10] [11] This image is visited by believers who come on personal pilgrimages, to participate in regular ceremonies, or to take part in large events such as study programs, and similar large meetings. [12]