What is unique about the Kempon Hokke: The Succession Through the Scrolls of the Sutra [including Gohonzon] and authenticated writings of Nichiren Daishonin; a bodily reading of the Lotus Sutra in the manner of Nichiren; textual parsimony; ability of each member to independently bestow Gohonzon; never having lost a formal Nichiren debate; direct discipleship with the founders; more formal remonstrations with the authorities than any other Nichiren school and as a corollary, many noteworthy martyrs; principle performance of the forceful practices; instrumental in the fight to have Nichiren formally recognized as Great Bodhisattva of the nation; honestly following the teachings of Nichiren without adding or subtracting so much as a dot; instrumental in maintaining the Nichiren tradition [faith and practice of Nichiren]; faith and practice of relative monism as path to absolute monism; actual realization of Buddhahood in this very body [Sokushin Jobutsu]. -- Mark Rogow disciple of Shakyamuni Buddha and Nichiren Daishonin
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