Nichiren Shoshu teaches the specific and general transmission as a vertical [specific] line from high priest to high priest and a horizontal [general] line from high priest to believer.
The Lotus Sutra and Nichiren Daishonin teach that the specific transmission is a point [Shakyamuni Buddha of the Juryo Chapter of the Lotus Sutra to Nichiren Daishonin] and the general transmission is a sphere [infinite lines emanating in all directions from the single point]
The specific and general transmission of the Nichiren Shoshu is two dimensional. The specific and general transmission of the Nichiren faith is three dimensional.
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