Tag: Pure Land teachings

• Nichiren’s Identity and the Role of His Disciples

  

  Date: August 31, 2025 Subject: Analysis of Nichiren’s Treatise “The True Aspect of All Phenomena” and its Implications for the Identity and Role of His Disciples Key Sources: Excerpts from “Nichiren’s Identity and Disciples’ Role: The Votary and the Vow: An Analysis of Nichiren’s Treatise on the True Aspect of All Phenomena” I. Executive Summary…

  William Altig

  September 2, 2025

  Nichiren

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