Part one of term paper
Buddhism was founded by Nichiren Daishonin around 1253 in Japan, also known as the Hokke or Lotus sects of Japanese Buddhism, teaches that Faith in Lotus sutra is the only source and sole requirement of salvation. He was born in 1222 in Kominato, Japan, the son of a fisherman. For years he studied and trained at the Mt. Hiei monastery cente ...

Part two of term paper
... retired to Mt. Minobu, then died in Ikegami in 1282. Nichiren identified with Buddhist saints (Bodhisattvas) who upheld and proclaimed the truths of the Lotus. He endured many hardships because he felt that he had a responsibility to save both Buddhism and Japan, where the doctrine was supposed to be revived spread abroad. Thus he sounded a nationalistic note that was new to Buddhism. More recently in 1930 Tsunesaburo Makiguchi founded the modern sect of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism. Nichire ...