人気ブログランキング | 話題のタグを見る

日蓮大聖人『御書』解説

nichirengs.exblog.jp
ブログトップ
2020年 07月 15日

6. Feud with Tojo Kagenobu (4)

                    Japanese version.

6. Feud with Tojo Kagenobu (4)_f0301354_21551645.jpg

A voice of joy sounded outside the high court of justice.
 Women on the Seichoji Temple side burst into tears under the sun, and they shouted, "Thanks to holy priest Nichiren!".
 Nichiren carried baggage on his back and he wore a hat and got ready for the trip in this lively scene.
 Jokenbo worried.
 "Are you going to go?".
 Nichiren nods. He intends to rely on Jonin Toki of Shimousa from now on. There are many samurais of the relationship of Toki in Shimousa. Nichiren intended to make a line of the propagation together with Toki. Since he won a trial, he must come back to his mission.
 Gijobo grasped a hand of Nichiren tightly.
 "You rescued the Seichoji temple. Mrs. O'ama will be surely pleased very much, too. Have a nice trip”.
 The farmer of the Seichoji believer held out a basket containing the rice ball.
 "Please have this. We have not got the crops by famine this year. It will become difficult to eat rice”.
 “A thousand thanks!”.
 Nichiren lowered the head to the farmer deeply.
 Kagenobu of the land steward passed on a horse slowly there and stopped in front of Nichiren.
 Kagenobu become a face for anger red-hot, and a muscle appeared to his brow.

Everybody fell silent.
 Kagenobu looks down from a horse.
 "Nichiren, I will overlook you for now. But you were an enemy of Nembutsu and were selected as the enemy of the land steward. I do not keep you alive when you come back to Awa. Be prepared”.
 Kagenobu has a face twitching and leaves. His retainers glared at Nichiren too in looking askance and they left.


The trial was settled once in this way, but Seichoji temple and the fight of the land steward continued after this. Nichiren vowed that he would abandon the Lotus Sutra if defeated in the trial, really, and made an effort continually.

“I will explain why. The villainous Tojo Saemon Kagenobu once hunted the deer and other animals kept by Seichoji, and tried to force the priests in the various lodging temples to become Nembutsu believers.
At that time, I was pitted myself against Tojo and supported the lord of the manor. I made a written oath, 'If the two temples of Seicho and Futama should come into Tojo's possession, I will discard the Lotus Sutra!' . Then I tied it to the hand of the Gohonzon, and prayed continuously. Within a year, both temples had been freed from Tojo's grasp”.
Letter to the Populace of Seichoji’

When Nichiren entered into the Seichoji Temple, it is said he prayed to the Kokuzo Bodhisattva. "Please make me to the wisest person in Japan".
“I have received great wisdom from a live Kokuzo Bodhisattva. The Bodhisattva felt pity for me, perhaps. He gave the great jewel as brilliant as the Venus, into my right-hand sleeve. Thereafter, while I learn the all Buddhist scriptures, I could grasp superiority and inferiority of eight denominations and the all Buddhist sutras”.
'Letter to the Populace of Seichoji’

Also, he wrote, "Nichiren tied it to the hand of the Gohonzon and prayed continuously". Nichiren showed horrible passion for repaying a gratitude to the hometown Seichoji Temple where he had a chance to become a priest.
On the other hand, Kagenobu of the land steward wanted to win at trial, moving even an influential person of Hojo, but he cannot achieve. Therefore, Kagenobu abominate Nichiren from the bottom of his heart and will cause the persecution of Komatsubara of the Bun'ei first year (1264) at last.
Thus, Nichiren could no longer step on the soil of his homeland without determination.



Continued to Three Disasters and Seven Calamities (Great disaster attacks Japan) 1


Life of Nichiren. Vol. 1. Contents



by johsei1129 | 2020-07-15 21:56 | LIFE OF NICHIREN | Trackback | Comments(0)


<< 7. Three Disast...      6 Feud with To... >>