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. |
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 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. |
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). |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
The Lotus Sutra - http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/lotus/
Translated By H. Kern (1884). |
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. |
Wikipedia: Lotus Sutra - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Sutra
Encyclopedia article describing the origins and teachings of the Lotus Sutra. |
Wikipedia: Nichiren Buddhism - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichiren_Buddhism
Encyclopedia entry detailing history of sects of Nichiren Buddhism with overview of commonalities. |