{"product_id":"writings-of-nichiren-shonin-biography-and-disciples-volume-5-paperback-1","title":"Writings of Nichiren Shonin Biography and Disciples: Volume 5 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKyotsu Hori\u003c\/b\u003e (Compiled by), \u003cb\u003eJay Sakashita\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eShinkyo Warner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume, the 13th project of the English Translation Committee of the Nichiren Shu Overseas Propagation Promotion Association (NOPPA), constitutes all 54 writings of Buddhist reformer Nichiren Shōnin (1222-1282) included in the \u003cem\u003eNichiren Shonin Zenshu, Complete Writings of Nichiren Shonin, Volume 5: Biography and Disciples\u003c\/em\u003e, published in Tokyo in 1993.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Nichiren Shonin Zenshu is a modern Japanese version of Nichiren's original writings, translated and edited with annotations by modern scholars of Nichiren Buddhism. Despite its all-inclusive title, the Zenshu is highly selective in that it takes into account only writings considered bibliographically authentic: attested to by original manuscripts. Among such texts, those included in the \u003cem\u003eShowa Teihon Nichiren Shonin Ibun, Writings of Nichiren Shonin Standardized in the Showa Period\u003c\/em\u003e, complied by the Rissho Daigaku Nichiren Kyogaku Kenkyu-jo, Center for the Study of Nichiren Buddhism, published by Minobusan Kuonji Temple between 1951 and 1959, are considered the most authoritative, and they provide the basic texts for this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume includes the \u003cem\u003eShimoyama Letter\u003c\/em\u003e in which Nichiren helps his disciple Nichiei explain to Nichiei's father why Nichiei will not vow to abandon the \u003cem\u003eLotus Sutra\u003c\/em\u003e and devote himself exclusively to the Pure Land Sutras. It is another example of how Nichiren shows his followers the benefits of practicing the \u003cem\u003eLotus Sutra\u003c\/em\u003e, and the importance of criticizing those to slander the Lotus Sutra, especially if they are parents, employers, or officials who threaten to make their lives difficult.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume is entitled \"Biography and Disciples,\" since it contains over 16 writings in which Nichiren covers details of his life from his days as a novice priest at Seichoji Temple, through his propagation and persecution in Kamakura, his exiles to Izu and Sado, his attempts to warn the Japanese government of foreign invasion, the joys and hardships of his life at Mt. Minobu, and the decline of his health towards the end of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn most of his writings, we see Nichiren as a scholar who precisely dismantles the arguments of other schools of Buddhism. In other writings, such as Sovereigns of our Native Land, we see Nichiren as a politically astute historian. But in these writings, such as the \u003cem\u003eMt. Minobu Letter\u003c\/em\u003e (ST 432), we see both Nichiren's skill as a poet, and his appreciation of other poets: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the rapids of the swift mountain streams I rinse vegetables, and as I wait impatiently for my dampened sleeves to dry I think of the old poet Hitomaro who recited, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt Waka-no-ura, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fishermen think of the passing of their lives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs they wait for the seaweed to dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42646948282464,"sku":"9781736955734","price":67.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/MlBDZkdLcjNrRFAxQ2xLTk9mVmpMdz09.webp?v=1773496262","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/writings-of-nichiren-shonin-biography-and-disciples-volume-5-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}