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  • Nichiren Buddhism

    …this concept, known as the sandai-hihō (“three great secret laws [or mysteries]”). The first, the honzon, is the chief object of worship in Nichiren temples and is a ritual drawing showing the name of the Lotus Sutra surrounded by the names of divinities mentioned in the sutra (discourse of the…

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    …this concept, known as the sandai-hihō (“three great secret laws [or mysteries]”). The first, the honzon, is the chief object of worship in Nichiren temples and is a ritual drawing showing the name of the Lotus Sutra surrounded by the names of divinities mentioned in the sutra (discourse of the…

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