HokkekÅ
As Hokkekō (Japanese法 华 讲) or Hokkekō Rengokai the community of believers of the Nichiren Shoshu laity is called. The term Hokke here refers to the Lotus Sutra ( Hokke - kyō or Myōhōrenge - kyō ), kō with the addition means Hokkekō translated as "lay group of Lotus School". This term leads the Nichiren Shoshu - back to the term Hokkekōshū (法 华 讲 众), even his lay followers is said to have referred to the Nichiren.
The Hokkekō communities are mostly a local temple of Nichiren Shoshu - ( inside and outside of Japan ) is assigned. The individual groups are linked together rather loosely, the Hokkekō Rengokai is to be regarded as a kind of umbrella organization for all the lay faithful of this school of Nichiren Buddhism and its head office at Taiseki -ji, the head temple of Nichiren Shoshu - has.
The Hokkekō Rengokai was founded in 1962 and after that time the biggest lay group of Nichiren Shoshu, proving their status lost Soka Gakkai in 1991 and 1997 as one of the lay organizations of the Nichiren Shoshu, recorded the Hokkekō Rengokai in the 1990s turn an increase in membership.
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- Unofficial German website for Hokkekō
- Nichiren Buddhism
- Buddhism in Japan