Nikken Abe (阿部日顕, Abe Nikken; December 19, 1922, in Tokyo–) was the 67th high priest of Nichiren Shoshu, a major school of Nichiren Buddhism, and chief priest of its head temple Taisekiji in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan. He is called Nikken Shōnin, Nikken Shōnin Geika, Goinson Shōnin (Geika), Goinsonsama, or Goinkyosama by believers and is frequently styled 67th High Priest Nikken Shōnin in English.
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