This volume, the thirteenth project of the English Translation Committee of the Nichiren-shu Overseas Propagation Promotion Association (NOPPA), constitutes all fifty-four writings of Buddhist reformer Nichiren Shonin (1222-1282) included in the ""Nichiren Shonin Zenshu"" (""Complete Writings of Nichiren Shonin""), ""Volume V: Biography and Disciples"", published in Tokyo in 1993. ""The Nichiren Shonin Zenshu"" is a modern Japanese version of Nichiren's original writings, translated and edited with annotations by modern ...
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This volume, the thirteenth project of the English Translation Committee of the Nichiren-shu Overseas Propagation Promotion Association (NOPPA), constitutes all fifty-four writings of Buddhist reformer Nichiren Shonin (1222-1282) included in the ""Nichiren Shonin Zenshu"" (""Complete Writings of Nichiren Shonin""), ""Volume V: Biography and Disciples"", published in Tokyo in 1993. ""The Nichiren Shonin Zenshu"" is a modern Japanese version of Nichiren's original writings, translated and edited with annotations by modern scholars of Nichiren Buddhism. Despite its all-inclusive title, the Zenshu is highly selective in that it takes into account only writings considered bibliographically authentic in light of modern scholarship.
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