Risshō Kōsei-kai
Buddhist Traditions New religious movement
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Risshō Kōsei-kai is cataloged as a New religious movement within Buddhist Traditions. Its candidate country context is “Japan” and its period or origin is “Founded 1938–present.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Nichiren-derived lay Buddhist movements.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Risshō Kōsei-kai; Rissho Kosei-kai; Society for Establishing Righteousness and Friendly Relations; RKK
- Parent tradition
- Nichiren-derived lay Buddhist movements
- Public geographic context
- Japan
- Period / origin
- Founded 1938–present
- Living / historical status
- Active transnational lay Buddhist organization
- Access / protocol
- Institution-specific
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateJapan
This record also has global, transnational, diaspora, textual or doctrinal context and is not reduced to one country.
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
Where to read more
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Related Atlas entries
Stable attribution
Cite this record
Risshō Kōsei-kai. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 1271. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/1271
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