The topic honzon is discussed in the following articles:

Nichiren Buddhism

  • TITLE: Nichiren Buddhism (Buddhism)
  • TITLE: Buddhism (religion)
    SECTION: Nichiren
    Nichiren advocated two main religious practices. The first is the worship of the honzon (or gohonzon), a mandala (symbolic diagram) designed by Nichiren, which represents both the buddha nature that is in all humans and the three forms of the Buddha Shakyamuni. The second is the ...