Editing Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō (section)

==References in visual media==
{{In popular culture|section|date=April 2021}}
* 1947 – It was used in the 1940s in [[India]] to commence the [[Interfaith dialogue|Interfaith prayer meetings]] of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], followed by verses of the ''[[Bhagavad Gita]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=livemint.com|date=2008-04-16|title=Exhibition of 'Lotus Sutra' in the capital|url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/BZ7pk5BYrdnijntpLDgdbN/Exhibition-of-8216Lotus-Sutra8217-in-the-capital.html|access-date=2020-07-14|website=Livemint|language=en}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/hgrzbWjiSIo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200521140333/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgrzbWjiSIo&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |title=Gandhiji's Prayer meeting - full audio - 31 May 1947 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgrzbWjiSIo |website=You Tube and Gandhi Serve | date=12 October 2009 |publisher=Gandhiserve Foundation |access-date=6 September 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gandhi |first1=Rajmohan |title=Gandhi Voyage starts in world's largest Muslim nation |url=https://www.rajmohangandhi.com/gandhi-voyage-starts-worlds-largest-muslim-nation |website=www.rajmohangandhi.com |access-date=6 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="Gandhibiorajmohan">{{cite book |last1=Gandhi |first1=Rajmohan |title=Gandhi: The man, his people and the empire |date=1 March 2008 |publisher=University of California Press |edition=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gandhi |first1=Rajmohan |title=What gandhi wanted for India |url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2019/06/21/what-gandhi-wanted-for-india.html |access-date=6 September 2019 |publisher=The Week}}</ref>
* 1958 – The mantra also appears in the 1958 American romantic film ''[[The Barbarian and the Geisha]]'', where it was recited by a Buddhist priest during a [[cholera]] outbreak.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
* 1958 – Japanese film ''[[Nichiren to Mōko Daishūrai]]'' (English: ''Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion'') is a 1958 Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
* 1968 – The mantra was used in the final episode of ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]'' to break Peter out of a trance.<ref name=FtWorth>{{cite web|url=http://ftworthbuddhas.tripod.com/fwbuddhaspage/id12.html|title=Myo in the Media|website=Ft Worth Buddhas|publisher=[[Soka Gakkai International]]-[[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]]|access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref>
* 1969 – The mantra is present in the original version of the film ''[[Fellini Satyricon|Satyricon]]'' by [[Federico Fellini]] during the grand nude jumping scene of the [[Patrician (ancient Rome)|patricians]].{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}
* 1970 — The film ''[[Dodes'ka-den]]'', wherein the mother of Rokuchan in the opening scene chants vigorously, and he asks for the gift of higher intelligence.
* 1973 – In [[Hal Ashby]]'s film ''[[The Last Detail]]'', an American Navy prisoner, Larry Meadows (played by [[Randy Quaid]]), being escorted by [[shore patrol]] attends a [[Nichiren Shoshu of America]] meeting where he is introduced to the mantra; the Meadows character continues to chant during the latter part of the film.<ref name=FtWorth />
* 1979 – ''[[Nichiren (film)|Nichiren]]'' is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Noboru Nakamura. Produced by Masaichi Nagata and based on Matsutarō Kawaguchi's novel. The film is known for mentioning Jinshiro Kunishige as one of the martyrs persecuted, claimed to whom the [[Dai Gohonzon]] was inscribed by Nichiren in honor of his memory.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
* 1980 – In [[Louis Malle]]'s acclaimed film [[Atlantic City (1980 film)|''Atlantic City'']], [[Hollis McLaren]]'s Chrissie, the pregnant, naive hippie sister of main character Sally ([[Susan Sarandon]]) is discovered hiding, fearful and chanting the mantra after witnessing violent events.<ref name=FtWorth />
* 1987 – The mantra is used by the underdog fraternity in the film ''[[Revenge of the Nerds II]]'' in the fake [[Seminole]] temple against the Alpha Betas.<ref name=FtWorth />
* 1987 – In the film ''[[Innerspace]]'', Tuck Pendleton (played by [[Dennis Quaid]]) chants this mantra repeatedly as he encourages Jack Putter to break free from his captors and charge the door of the van he is being held in.<ref name=FtWorth />
* 1993 – American-born artist [[Tina Turner]] through her autobiographical film ''[[What's Love Got to Do with It (1993 film)|What's Love Got To Do With It]]'' details her conversion to [[Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism]] in 1973. In a scene, after an attempted suicide, Turner begins to chant this mantra and turns her life around.
* 1993 – In the December 9, 1993 episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' entitled "[[The Last Temptation of Homer]]", [[Homer Simpson]] attempts to read notes he had written on his hand to guide him during an awkward conversation with a colleague, but the notes have become smeared because of sweat. In his attempt to recite his notes, Homer unknowingly babbles the chant.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.simpsonsarchive.com/episodes/1F07.html |title=The Last Temptation of Homer |access-date=2022-01-19 |year=1993 |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>
*2019 – The documentary film, ''[[Buster Williams, From Bass to Infinity]]'', directed by Adam Kahan. Jazz bassist [[Buster Williams]] is a Buddhist practitioner and chants with his wife during the film.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/Buster-Williams-Bass-Infinity/dp/B08WJQZLTP | title=Watch Buster Williams: Bass to Infinity &#124; Prime Video | website=Amazon }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=May 2022}}
*2021 – The documentary film, ''[[Baggio: The Divine Ponytail]]'',<ref>{{Citation |title=Baggio: The Divine Ponytail |date=2023-08-02 |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baggio:_The_Divine_Ponytail&oldid=1168421560 |work=Wikipedia |access-date=2023-08-14 |language=en}}</ref> shows the football player [[Roberto Baggio]] meditating for recovery. He chants the mantra while meditating.