Nichigen
Appearance
Nichigen | |
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日源 | |
Title | 阿闍梨 (Acharya) |
Personal life | |
Born | Sometime before 1263 |
Died | 1315 |
Religious life | |
Religion | Buddhism |
Temple | Jisso-ji |
School | Nichiren Buddhism |
Sect | Nichiren-shū |
Senior posting | |
Teacher | Nichiren |
Buzen Nichigen (豊前日源, before 1263 – 1315) was a disciple of Nichiren who converted along with the rest of the Tendai temple Jisso-ji (實相寺) to Nichiren Buddhism in 1270.[1] Nichiren's letter Jissoji gosho (實相寺御書, 1278) is addressed to him.[2] Later, he joined Nichiren on Mount Minobu, and founded several temples after Nichiren's death.