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Nichiren Sh
.

A collection of Japanese Buddhist sects in the
Mah
y
na
tradition which trace their origins to the 13th-cent.
Tendai
monk
Nichiren
, who sought to restore what he considered to be the orthodox teachings of the historical
Buddha
,
kyamuni
. Next to the
J
do
Sh
(Pure Land Schools), the Nichiren tradition has the largest numbers of devotees of all religions in Japan today. There are currently, according to the
Sh
ky
Nenkan
(Year-book of Religions), eighteen Nichiren Buddhist sects and nineteen Nichiren-related ‘new religions’ such as
Reiy
kai
,
Rissh
K
seikai
, My
shikai Ky
dan,
S
ka Gakkai