RT Article
T1 Nichiren's Problematic Works
JF Japanese journal of religious studies
VO 26
IS 3/4
SP 261
OP 280
A1 Sueki, Fumihiko 1949-
LA English
PB Nanzan Institute
YR 1999
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1713970228
AB It has long been acknowledged that some works in the Nichiren corpus were not written by Nichiren but attributed to him retrospectively by later disciples. Those texts widely agreed by scholars to be apocryphal are included in a separate volume of the critical edition of his writings. The problem lies with those writings where Nichiren's authorship is disputed and whose authenticity can be neither established nor disproven. This study suggests a new method for dealing with this problematic material. It focuses on the Sandai hihō shō (On the three great secret Dharmas), a writing long controversial within the Nichiren tradition for its advocacy of an imperially sponsored ordination platform, and on essays written to the monk Sairenbō, which are important in assessing Nichiren's appropriation of original enlightenment (hongaku) thought.
K1 Buddhism
K1 Dharma
K1 Enlightenment
K1 Forgery
K1 Monks
K1 Nationalism
K1 Ordination
K1 Political attitudes
K1 Religious Studies
K1 Ultimate Reality