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'This Country Will Fall' — Nichiren's Rissho Ankoku-ron and His Prophecy Fulfilled

In 1260 Nichiren submitted his Rissho Ankoku-ron to the shogunate: 'Establish correct Buddhism or face national disaster.' The Mongols came. The shogunate responded by exiling him to Izu, then Sado.

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In 1260 Nichiren submitted his Rissho Ankoku-ron (‘Establish Righteousness, Secure Peace’) to the shogunate, warning that failure to adopt the Lotus Sutra would bring foreign invasion. The Mongols came. The shogunate’s response was exile — first Izu, then Sado — but Nichiren refused to recant, writing his core doctrinal works in exile.

Portrait of Nichiren — the revolutionary Kamakura monk who warned the shogunate with his Rissho Ankoku-ron and endured persecution without recanting

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Kuonji at Mt. Minobu, Yamanashi — head temple of Nichiren Buddhism, where Nichiren spent his final years and is enshrined

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Tsukahara Konponji, Sado — where Nichiren spent 3 years in exile, writing his foundational doctrinal works under persecution

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