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Podcast: Gosho Reading (Nichiren Buddhism)
Episode: 002 (Part 1) On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land
Description: On the twenty-eighth day of the fourth month, 1253, Nichiren Daishonin established the teaching of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo at SeichÅ-ji temple in his native province of Awa, and later he returned to Kamakura, the seat of the military government, to begin propagation. In examining the records, we find that in those days the era names were changed frequently. The year 1253 was in the KenchÅ era. Three years later, in 1256, the era name changed to KÅgen, and the next year, to ShÅka. Then, two years later, in 1259, it was changed to ShÅgen, the following year to BunnÅ, and the year after t...