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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Japanese Buddhist monk and founder of a sect of Buddhism that bears his name. He believed that the true teachings of the Buddha were found only in the Lotus Sutra.
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Runner-up Alina Shaposhnik, PwC Israel 'Nichiren' Dawn breaks QSPE says Even the gains IASB Rejoices No consolidation, but When out of control worldwide harmony Change is coming soon Can turn into pain Scott Bandura, PwC UK / US Yvonne Monyei, PwC US Enrique Rosado Spring.
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Or a Nichiren Buddhist in Southeast Asia punishable by death.
Ellen Snortland: Bounty Of Beliefs Ellen Snortland 2010
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In his lecture on the "Expedient Means" chapter of the Lotus Sutra, Nichiren explains the meaning of "persons of no shame."
TEXAS FAITH: Is shame still part of our culture? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2010
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As Nichiren taught, Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy.
TEXAS FAITH: Confronting a new year and a new decade | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2010
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Nichiren proposes that this necessary inner transformation is a product of faith.
TEXAS FAITH: Is shame still part of our culture? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2010
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Or a Nichiren Buddhist in Southeast Asia punishable by death.
Ellen Snortland: Bounty Of Beliefs Ellen Snortland 2010
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While Zen, Soka Gakkai (an offshoot of Nichiren) and the various forms of Tibetan Buddhism are now fairly well-known in the West, most of the world's Buddhists adhere to one or another form of Pure Land Buddhism.
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Or a Nichiren Buddhist in Southeast Asia punishable by death.
Ellen Snortland: Bounty Of Beliefs Ellen Snortland 2010
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While Zen, Soka Gakkai (an offshoot of Nichiren) and the various forms of Tibetan Buddhism are now fairly well-known in the West, most of the world's Buddhists adhere to one or another form of Pure Land Buddhism.
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Historian Dr. M. G. Sheftall notes that many ultranationalists adhered to a form of thirteenth-century Nichiren Buddhism popular in prewar Japanese literature.
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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