Nichiren Buddhism Library

Soka Gakkai Nichiren Buddhism Library

Welcome to the Soka Gakkai Nichiren Buddhism Library. The library contains the following English translations of the essential texts of Nichiren Buddhism: The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, volumes 1 and 2 (WND-1 and WND-2), The Lotus Sutra and Its Opening and Closing Sutras (LSOC), and the Lotus Sutra commentary The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings (OTT). To assist in the study of these works, we also offer The Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism.

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin I/II

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin are a compilation of Nichiren’s letters to his followers and treatises.

The Lotus Sutra and Its Opening and Closing Sutras

The Lotus Sutra is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential sutras, or scriptures, of Buddhism.

The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings

The interpretation of key passages of each chapter of the Lotus Sutra in Nichiren Buddhism.

The Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism

The online version of The Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism published in 2002.

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin

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