What are the rules or moral teachings in Nichiren Buddhism?

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bcol01
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What are the rules or moral teachings in Nichiren Buddhism?

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It is my understanding that the morality or ethical teachings in Nichiren Buddhism center around the Law of Cause and Effect.
In his writing, Hokkemongu (Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sutra), The Great Master Nichiren said, “If the practitioners of the Lotus Sutra wholeheartedly devote their life to the Lotus Sutra and practice according to its golden words, it is certainly needless to say that not only in the next life, but also in this lifetime they will overcome severe difficulty, prolong their life, receive the great, good fortune of unsurpassed enlightenment, and accomplish the great vow of the widespread, propagation of True Buddhism.”
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Re: What are the rules or moral teachings in Nichiren Buddhism?

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Technically, they’re no different than in Mahayana Buddhism generally. But Nichiren didn’t emphasize taking or keeping precepts at all. He equated the “diamond chalice precept(s)” of the Sutra of Brahma’s Net with upholding the daimoku of the Lotus Sutra, and further stated that the merit of upholding the daimoku is greater than that of upholding the first 5 of the 6 paramitas.
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