Word: shoshu
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There are hundreds more such groups, some tiny and short-lived, others worldwide networks with generations of growth behind them. Down on the South Shore, members of the Nichiren Shoshu Academy, an offshoot of a 13th century Japanese Buddhist sect, pursue enlightenment by frequent chanting of Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. In Allston, Members of the Cambridge Zen Center (a perfect koan: why is the Cambridge Center in Allston?) meet for chanting of the Heart Sutra, talks on the way of Buddha, and "just sitting." The Bahais, a group formed in Persia and brought...