Nichiren (日蓮)
(February
16,
1222 -
October 13,
1282), born Zennichimaro, later Zesho-bo Rencho and
sometimes called Nichiren Shonin or Nichiren
Daishonin, was a
Buddhist monk in
13th century
Japan, and founder of
Nichiren Buddhism, a Buddhist movement which continues today.
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Nichiren believed that the teachings contained in the Lotus Sutra were given by the Buddha Shakyamuni.
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One central theme in the Lotus Sutra, which was emphasized by Nichiren and is emphasized in Nichiren Buddhism today, is that enlightenment may be attained in a single lifetime.
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Eventhough parachutes seem to have been used in China since the 1100s and that Leonardo da Vinci of Italy had invented devices similar to parachutes nowadays, worldwide skydivers state that the French inventor André-Jacques Garnerin is the one to make the first parachute. In 1797 he jumped from a balloon over Paris using a parachute and kept on making other jumps in France and also in England.
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In World War I , that is between 1914 and 1918, the military began using parachutes in their missions
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