Ongi kuden
The (also known as or The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings) is a hermeneutic text in Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism. The Kuden are the alleged oral teachings of Nichiren Daishonin on the Lotus Sutra, beginning on 1 January 1278 which were recorded and compiled by his senior disciple Nikkō Shōnin thirteen years after the death of his master. The Hokkeko adherents of the Dai Gohonzon mandala regard this text as one of the most divinely hermeneutic treatises in Nichiren's writings, because it supposedly reveals some essential principles of Nichiren's teachings. The Nichiren Shoshu religion considers this text as an authoritative Buddhist scripture preserved at the repository of Nikko Shonin from the year 1295, recopied in the year 1539 (both lost to history). Due to claims of the text being divinely inspired, it vehemently rejects any re-interpretation of this text outside the confines of the sect. Structure Ongi kuden is a series of lectures on important sentences and phrases of the Lotus Sutra, and includes the following lectures: The true meaning of Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō. Each of the twenty-eight chapters of the Lotus Sutra (Two hundred and thirty one inventory items). The Innumerable Meanings Sutra and the Samantabhadra Meditation Sutra.