Mahayana doctrine unique to the Buddhist schools of Tiantai, Tendai, and Nichiren
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The Ten suchnesses (Chinese: 十如是; pinyin: shí rúshì; Japanese: 十如是, romanized: jūnyoze) are a Mahayana doctrine which is important, as well as unique, to that of the Tiantai (Tendai) and Nichiren Buddhist schools of thought. The doctrine is derived from a passage found within the second chapter of Kumarajiva's Chinese translation of the Lotus Sutra, that "characterizes the ultimate reality (literally, “real mark”) of all dharmas in terms of ten suchnesses."[1] This concept is also known as the ten reality aspects, ten factors of life, or the Reality of all Existence.[2][3][4]
^Buswell 2004, p. 845.
^Reeves 2008, p. 425
^Soka Gakkai English Buddhist Dictionary Committee 2002
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