Source

The Writings of Nichiren (Gosho)

The Gosho are the collected writings and letters of Nichiren, the founder of the Buddhist movement that bears his name, so this is a primary source in the founder's own words rather than a later account of his teaching. As such it is the strongest possible evidence for what Nichiren himself actually taught, since nothing stands between the reader and his own writing. Its limit is that the Gosho were written as pastoral letters and treatises addressed to specific followers in specific historical circumstances, not as a single systematic exposition, so later Nichiren Buddhist schools have sometimes interpreted the same letters differently, and a claim about how any particular modern Nichiren school understands his teaching needs a separate source for that school's own interpretation.

Facts

Assessment

Reliability Tier

Nichiren's own primary letters and treatises, three to four hundred pieces across his working life, some of disputed attribution; no single year is given here since the corpus was written across decades, not on one date.

Notes

No year given: three to four hundred letters and treatises across a working life, some of disputed attribution.

Citation

Author

Nichiren

URL

https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/wnd-1/toc

Source Type

primary-text

Connections

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Nichiren

This source names Nichiren directly: "the collected writings and letters of Nichiren, the founder of the Buddhist movement that bears his name, so this is a primary source in the founder's own words rather than a later account of his..."

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Claims Backed By This Source (93 claims)

This source backs 93 claims across the atlas. As facts: 47 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 21 holds, 3 connected. Plus 19 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Articles, 24 claims: 16 well-attested, 1 holds, 3 connected, 4 general references.
Beliefs & Restrictions, 17 claims: 11 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 4 general references.
Scriptures & Texts, 15 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 7 holds, 2 general references.
Denominations, 9 claims: 2 well-attested, 5 holds, 2 general references.
Doctrines, 9 claims: 5 holds, 4 general references.
Sources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.
Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Historical Figures, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Practices, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.