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Daimoku

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Daimoku. (Jap., ‘sacred title’). The practice of chanting the mantra namu myōhō renge kyō, ‘I take refuge in the Lotus of the Wonderful Law Sūtra’ (Lotus Sūtra) followed by Nichiren Buddhists. The Japanese monk Nichiren (1222–82) believed all Buddhist teaching and practice is concentrated in this mantra, which he also calligraphically inscribed on a tablet called the gohonzon, ‘object of worship’.

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daimoku

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daimoku. In Nichiren Buddhism in Japan this is the name given to the Lotus Sūtra, which the school holds to be the highest revelation of Buddhist teaching. Followers believe that chanting the title of the scripture effects liberation and instils wisdom. In Japanese, the chant is Namo myōhō renge kyō, which means ‘Hail to the Scripture of the Lotus of the Marvellous Dharma!’

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