page_title: Nichiren-shū
section_title: Object of worship
hierarchical_section_title: Nichiren-shū / Object of worship
caption_attribution_description: English: Rinmetsudojihonzon (臨滅度時本尊; "Arrival at Nirvana Gohonzon"). Reputed to be the Gohonzon that was with Nichiren at his bedside when he died. Stored at Myohonji (妙本寺) temple, Kamakura, Japan. Myohonji is affiliated with the Nichiren Shu branch of Nichiren Buddhism. 日本語: 臨滅度時本尊 日蓮の臨終時に枕元に掲げられたという伝承のある十界曼荼羅。鎌倉・妙本寺蔵
context_page_description: Nichiren Shū is a combination of several schools ranging from four of the original Nichiren Buddhist schools that date back to Nichiren's original disciples, and part of the fifth:
context_section_description: Nichiren Shū issues calligraphic Gohonzons to its members, but statue arrangements may also be used to represent the Gohonzon. In Nichiren Shū, the following may be used as the Gohonzon:
  A statue of the Shakyamuni Buddha as the Eternal Buddha, sometimes flanked by the Four Bodhisattvas of the Earth
  A stupa with Namu-myōhō-renge-kyō inscribed on it, flanked by the Buddhas Shakyamuni and Prabhutaratna Buddha
  A single inscription of the Odaimoku (Ippen Shudai)
  The Rin-metsu gohonzon of Nichiren, now claimed as the Shutei Gohonzon of Nichiren Shu
  All fully ordained Nichiren Shū ministers are able to inscribe and consecrate mandalas, but in practice few of them do. They usually bestow a copy of a Nichiren inscribed mandala, called the Shutei Gohonzon, upon their members.
caption: The Rinmetsu Doji Gohonzon (English:  "Entering the Wheel of Nirvana"), a Buddhist Mandala inscribed by Nichiren in 1280. The central characters read the official title of the Lotus Sūtra. The Gohonzon inscribed by Nichiren displayed at his deathbed, oftentimes issued, manufactured, distributed and at times sold by the Nichiren Shu sect. Currently stored in Hokekyo-Ji Temple in Chiba prefecture.
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