# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nichiren
# Generated: 2026-09-02T00:25:10.403Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in 1222 during Japan's Kamakura period, Nichiren became a Buddhist monk who concluded that the Lotus Sutra contained Buddhism's highest truth and that all other teachings should be destroyed. He taught that repeating its title — Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō — was the only path to enlightenment in a degraded age, accessible to anyone regardless of station. He claimed to be the reincarnation of a bodhisattva and wrote prolifically, his harsh attacks on the Buddhist establishment bringing exile twice and death to some followers. After he died in 1282, emperors granted him titles and his movement splintered into more than forty sects, from traditional temple schools like Nichiren-shū to modern lay groups like Soka Gakkai. They disagree on nearly everything except the sutra at the center.