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Basic Meaning: title

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  • Header; a heading, theme, etc. 立題 To set a subject, state a proposition. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD, Soothill]
  • A practice of the Nichiren school, the chanting of the mantra namu myōhō renge kyō 南無妙法蓮華經, or homage to the Lotus Sutra, often expressed honorifically as O-daimoku. There are precedents for this practice before its usage by the Nichiren school, as, for example in the homage to the three treasures in the Lotus Sutra repentance ritual 法華懺法 at Mt. Hiei 比叡山. But its usage as a kind of chanting of the Buddhaʼs name starts with Nichiren. The development of methods of practiced based specifically on Lotus related texts and doctrines starts with Zhiyi 智顗, but it was Nichiren who established these five (or seven) characters as the basis for chanting practice. [Erez Joskovich, Charles Muller; source(s): Iwanami]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 713

    Bulgyo sajeon 787a

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 548

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 41a/45

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 935b

    Foguang Dictionary 6650

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)3447b, (v.9-10)419b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1167-3

    Soothill 470

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    Entry created: 2003-02-17

    Updated: 2012-02-27