Question
This mantra is often paired with icons called gohonzon by groups such as Kenshōkai. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this principal mantra among certain Japanese Buddhists, which is chanted to change practitioners' karma.
ANSWER: Namu-myōhō-renge-kyō [or Nam Myōhō Renge Kyō; accept O-Daimoku]
[10m] The chanting of namu-myōhō-renge-kyō was popularized by a branch of Buddhism named for this 13th-century Japanese priest, which includes Soka Gakkai.
ANSWER: Nichiren [accept Nichiren Buddhism]
[10e] Namu-myōhō-renge-kyō describes a veneration of this principal text of Nichiren Buddhism. This Mahayana sutra focuses on the idea of “skillful means.”
ANSWER: Lotus Sutra [accept Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtram; accept The Discourse on the White Lotus of the True Doctrine]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Religion>
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| 2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (South Central) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 3 | 0.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (UK) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 60% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC | 10/28/2023 | Y | 3 | 3.33 | 33% | 0% | 0% |
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