Writings of Nichiren Shonin Doctrine 1: Volume 1

This volume, the 10th project of the English Translation Committee of the Nichiren Shu Overseas Propagation Promotion Association (NOPPA), constitutes all eighteen writings of Nichiren included in the Nichiren Shonin Zenshu, Complete Writings of Nichiren Shonin, Volume I: Theology 1 in 1992.


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 titles, the Zenshu is highly selective in that it takes into account only writings considered bibliographically authentic (i.e., attested to by original manuscripts). Amounts such texts, those included in the Showa Teihon Nichiren Shonin Ibun (Writings of Nichiren Shonin Standardized in the Showa Period), complied by the Rissho Daigaku Nichiren Kyogaku Kenkyu-jo (Center for the Study of Nichiren Buddhism), are considered the most authoritative, and they provide the basic texts for this volume.


This second edition is the first volume in NOPPA's digital revision of the seven-volume series of the Writings of Nichiren Shonin, part of the effort to create a comprehensive and searchable e-book that includes all seven volumes.