Editing Nichiren Shōshū (section)

===Interpretation of the Three Buddhist Jewels===
# Buddha –  Nichiren Shōshū teaches that Nichiren is the “''True Original [[Buddha]]''” for the modern times corresponding to the [[Three Ages of Buddhism|Third Buddhist Age]] and for all eternity.
# Dharma –  The [[Dharma]] is referred to by the sect as "The Mystic Law", referring to the ultimate teachings of Nichiren, crystallized in ''[[Nam Myōhō Renge Kyō]]''. The sect further teaches that this Mystic Law is the internal enlightenment of Nichiren himself called "Naisho" (内 証) and is the "Original True Buddha" from an infinite, mystical timeless point in the [[Universe]] (久遠元初, "Kuon–Ganjo"). Furthermore, the sect teaches that this enlightenment is physically embodied within the [[Dai-Gohonzon]] wooden mandala and was left for the posterity of future generations. The same definition of Dharma is accorded to its authorized, transcribed copies called "Gohonzon" that are loaned by the sect to its followers.
# Sangha –  The [[Sangha]] refers to one of Nichiren's senior disciples, [[Nikko Shonin]], its lineage of succeeding High Priests, along with the entire collective of Nichiren Shōshū priests who serve to teach, protect and preserve the doctrines and dogmas of Nichiren Shōshū.

Accordingly, the sect teaches that the [[Refuge (Buddhism)|Three Jewels of Buddhism]] are a single, inseparable entity that equally share the internal enlightenment of Nichiren. More specifically, the sect teaches that the Buddha and the Dharma are perpetrated and upheld by the Sangha priesthood (Heisei Shinpen). The common parlance used in the sect among believers to describe the three Buddhist treasures is termed "Buddha–Law–Priesthood".
[[File:Taisekiji Dai Gohonzon.jpeg|thumb|Photograph of the Dai-Gohonzon at Taisekiji, printed in Kumada Ijō's (熊田葦城) book ''Nichiren Shōnin'' (日蓮上人), 8th edition, p, 375, originally published in 1911.]]