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	Wikipedia: Nichiren Buddhism - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichiren_Buddhism Encyclopedia entry detailing history of sects of Nichiren Buddhism with overview of commonalities.
	Rissho University - http://www.ris.ac.jp/en/index.html Department of Nichiren Buddhism and a research institute in Nichiren Buddhist Studies established to educate student priests of the Nichiren sect of Buddhism.
	BBC Religion & Ethics - Nichiren Buddhism - http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/subdivisions/nichiren_1.shtml Provides overview of a Japanese Buddhist movement in the Mahayana tradition, also popular in the West; includes information on the Soka Gakkai, Nichiren Shoshu, and Nichiren Shu schools, highlighting background and doctrinal commonalities.
	Wikipedia: Lotus Sutra - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Sutra Encyclopedia article describing the origins and teachings of the Lotus Sutra.
	The Lotus Sutra - http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/lotus/ Translated By H. Kern (1884).

	Nichiren, the Buddhist Prophet of the Truth - http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~hw8m-mrkm/nonch/people/nichiren.html Collection of quotes and summaries, with links to full text writings based on translations found in the Yampolsky edition of "Letters of Nichiren" (translated by Burton Watson et al.).
	PHILTAR Encyclopedia Entry: Nichiren Buddhism - http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/easia/nich.html St Martin's College Department of Religion and Ethics synopsis of Nichiren Buddhism.
	The Lotus Sutra - http://lotus.nichirenshu.org/lotus/sutra/english/watson/indxwatson.htm Also known as the "White Lotus of the True Dharma" or "Saddharma-Pundarika Sutta". Translated by Burton Watson.
	Presentation on the Lotus Sutra - http://lotus.nichirenshu.org/lotus/lectures/lotus.shtml Lectures on the Lotus Sutra by Rev. Shokai Kanai of the Nichiren Shu.
	Ethics and the Lotus Suutra - http://www.buddhistethics.org/5/morgn981.html Paper by Peggy Morgan which discusses ethical imperatives associated with historical and religious claims primarily within the Rissho Kosekai Buddhist experience.

	Nichiren Shonin's View of Humanity - http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/SHUBUNKEN/publications/jjrs/pdf/547.pdf Endo Asai considers Nichiren's view of the human state in terms of both thought and actual circumstances. (PDF file, Adobe Acrobat reader software required).
	Rebuking the Enemies of the Lotus - http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/SHUBUNKEN/publications/jjrs/pdf/421.pdf Article by Jacqueline Stone featured in a Special issue of the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, which offers a brief historical overview outlining the origins of "Lotus exclusivism" in Nichiren's thought and how it affected the development of this branch of Buddhism.
	Review of "A Time to Chant: The Soka Gakkai Buddhists in Britain" - http://www.buddhistethics.org/4/bocking1.html A review by Brian Brocking in the online Journal of Buddhist Ethics of "A Time to Chant: The Soka Gakkai Buddhists in Britain" authored by Bryan Wilson and Karel Dobbelaere.
	Nichiren and the Lotus Sutra - http://sophia.smith.edu/~jhubbard/lotus/Syllabus/stone.htm Syllabus and bibliography of works on Nichiren's historical background, career, philosophy and tradition by Jacqueline Stone.

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