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Historical Events
Results 1 - 14 of 14
1253-04-28 - Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
1279-10-12 - Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk founder of Nichiren Buddhism, inscribes the Dai-Gohonzon
1282-10-13 - Nichiren Daishonin, founder of the Nichiren School of Buddhism, dies. His ashes are interred at Taisekiji Temple.
1324-01-21 - Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai & Shingon
1639-09-25 - Suzuki Shosan, Samurai monk of Zen Buddhism, found awakening
1889-05-10 - 17th Preakness: W Anderson aboard Buddhist wins in 2:17.5
1904-07-15 - 1st Buddhist temple in US forms, Los Angeles
1955-10-27 - Satomi Myodo, renews Zen nun vows & takes Buddhist name of Daien Myodo
1963-08-21 - Martial law declared in S Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas
1966-05-15 - South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die
1966-05-26 - Buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hué South-Vietnam
1979-06-12 - Opening ceremony at Cambridge Buddhist Assn meditation in Boston
1979-11-11 - Boston Court issues occupancy permit for Cambridge Buddhist Center
1994-07-17 - French youngster (4) becomes Buddhist Lama Tulkou Kalou Rinpoche
Famous Birthdays
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1222-03-30 - Nichiren, Japan, Buddhist priest/saint
1686-01-19 - Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist
1870-12-18 - D T Suzuki, Kanazawa Japan, Zen Buddhist scholar
1901-02-15 - Christmas Humphreys, Engld, lawyer/writer/Buddhist (Awakening of Zen)
1931-02-24 - Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher Rinzai/Soto lines of Zen Buddhism
1935-06-06 - Dalai Lama 14, Tibet, spiritual leader of Tibet's Lamaistic Buddhists
1976-08-06 - Parmeso Emekrasha, Buddhist Monk
1980-11-25 - Kushan Liyanarachchi, Sri Lankan, prominent Live Buddhism Practitioner
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 9 of 9
1262-11-28 - Shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies
1282-10-13 - Nichiren Japanese founder of Nichiren Buddhism (b. 1222)
1655-07-28 - Suzuki Shosan, Samurai/monk/propagator of Zen Buddhism, dies at 76
1959-09-25 - S W R D Bandaranaike, Ceylon's PM, assassinated by a Buddhist monk
1963-06-11 - Quang Duc, Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon
1966-07-12 - D T Suzuki, Zen Buddhism scholar, dies in Tokyo Japan at 96
1990-02-26 - Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher (head of Cambridge Buddhist Assn), dies
1994-06-03 - Parmeso Emekrasha, buddhist Monk, dies
1995-05-14 - Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher (Zen Buddhism), dies at 64
