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Word: gohonzon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...founding force and remains the sustaining power behind Japan's third largest political party, the Komeito (Clean Government) Party. Its formula for success, both personal and collective, is simple: the relentless chanting of a brief ritual prayer before replicas of the sect's treasured Dai-Gohonzon, a camphorwood tablet inscribed with mystic symbols by a 13th century monk named Nichiren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Yes, It's Big | 10/23/1972 | See Source »

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