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Nikkyo Niwano’s initial interest in the Lotus Sutra arose through Sukenobu Arai, a leader in a loosely Nichiren-based religious organization called Reiyukai. In 1934, the Niwanos’ second daughter became ill with Japanese sleeping sickness and sought help from Sukenobu Arai. Nikkyo Niwano soon joined Reiyukai and began following its practice of ancestor veneration. His daughter’s condition quickly improved, which proved to him the merit of Reiyukai. In his autobiography, though, Niwano said what impressed him most was the organization’s emphasis on the Lotus Sutra, one of the most important scriptures of Mahayana Buddhism.

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abstract	Nikkyo Niwano’s initial interest in the Lotus Sutra arose through Sukenobu Arai, a leader in a loosely Nichiren-based religious organization called Reiyukai. In 1934, the Niwanos’ second daughter became ill with Japanese sleeping sickness and sought help from Sukenobu Arai. Nikkyo Niwano soon joined Reiyukai and began following its practice of ancestor veneration. His daughter’s condition quickly improved, which proved to him the merit of Reiyukai. In his autobiography, though, Niwano said what impressed him most was the organization’s emphasis on the Lotus Sutra, one of the most important scriptures of Mahayana Buddhism. Niwano and Myoko Naganuma, a fellow Reiyukai member, decided to break away from the organization when its president made a statement that lectures on the Lotus Sutra were an out-of-date concept. This was the birth of Rissho Kosei-kai. The new organization's first headquarters was a room in Niwano’s home. By 1941, membership reached 1,000 and the construction of a separate headquarters began. It was completed in May 1942. During this time Niwano and Naganuma devoted themselves full-time to their religious activities. Naganuma died on September 10, 1957. In 1958, Founder Niwano moved Rissho Kosei-kai into a new phase. The group's focus of devotion, which had been varying forms of the o-mandara of Nichiren, was changed. Rissho Kosei-kai's new focus of devotion became "The Great Benevolent Teacher and Lord, Shakyamuni, the Eternal Buddha". A massive statue of this new symbol is enshrined in the group's Great Sacred Hall in Tokyo. A set of scrolls of the Lotus Sutra (with calligraphy by Niwano) are housed inside. In 1960, Niwano announced that his eldest son, Nichiko (1938–), would succeed him as president. Four years later, in 1964, the Great Sacred Hall was completed as part of the headquarters complex in Tokyo. On November 15, 1991, Nichiko Niwano, became the second president of Rissho Kosei-kai. On November 17, 1994, the holy name of Kosho was given to Mitsuyo Niwano, the eldest daughter of Nichiko Niwano, by the founder (Nikkyo) and president (Nichiko), and she was appointed president-designate of the organization. Nikkyo Niwano died on October 4, 1999, at Kosei General Hospital in Tokyo.

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