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Gohonzon (御本尊) is a generic term for a venerated religious object in Japanese Buddhism.It may take the form of a scroll or statuary. The term gohonzon typically refers to the mainstream use of venerated objects within Nichiren Buddhism, referring to the calligraphic paper mandala inscribed by the 13th Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren to which devotional chanting is directed.
Honzon (本尊, "fundamental honored [one]"), sometimes referred to as a Gohonzon (ご本尊 or 御本尊), is the enshrined main image [1] or principal deity [2] in Japanese Buddhism. The buddha , bodhisattva , or mandala image is located in either a temple or a household butsudan .
Three Great Secret Laws (三大秘法) (or also "Three Great Secret Dharmas") are the fundamental teachings in Nichiren Buddhism, which include Hommon-no-honzon (本門の本尊: object of devotion of the essential teaching), Hommon-no-kaidan (本門の戒壇: sanctuary of the essential teaching), and Hommon-no-daimoku (本門の題目: daimoku of the essential teaching).
The Rin-metsu gohonzon of Nichiren, now claimed as the Shutei Gohonzon of Nichiren Shu [11] All fully ordained Nichiren Shū ministers are able to inscribe and consecrate mandalas, but in practice few of them do. They usually bestow a copy of a Nichiren inscribed mandala, called the Shutei Gohonzon, [11] upon their members.
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.
The Gohonzon of Nikko Shonin inside the Dai-Kyakuden (大客殿, Grand Reception Hall) (transcribed into wood on 15 June 1706) where the ceremony is held exclusively for its Hokkeko believers from various countries participating in the 2:30AM Buddhist service. The High Priest sits opposite in the left side seat.
An obscure photo of the enshrined Dai-Gohonzon in the Gohozo Kaidan building in Taisekiji. Photo by Mr. Kokichi Yui, circa 1915. Photo by Mr. Kokichi Yui, circa 1915. Since 1942, the Kenshokai organization used a transcribed copy of the Dai Gohonzon by 26th High Priest Nichikan Shonin in the year 1728.
Hokkekō (法 華 講, Hokke kō) is the mainstream lay organization affiliated with the Nichiren Shōshū. [citation needed] It traces its origins to three martyr disciples who were arrowed and later beheaded in the Atsuhara persecutions and a more recent tradition of family lineages between 1726 and 1829 who have historically protected the Dai-Gohonzon over the centuries.