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2020年 08月 05日

17. Persecution of Komatsubara that Nichiren Suffered a Wound in Forehead (6)

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  Current Kyoninji Temple. Unfortunately, the religious sect is not Nichiren Shosyu.


Two graves were put on this road later. These are graves of Yoshitaka Kudo and Kyoninbo.

The villagers heard this and rushed, they condoled for the death of two people. Besides Dozenbo of the administrator in Seichoji Temple, Gijobo and Jokenbo of the senior disciple attended it.

Hokibo and Nichiro who confronted a surprise attack of Kagenobu Tojo together, and barely lived on. Two people remembered about the daily posture which they intensely discussed each other with Kyoninbo who was the eldest disciple in the same Nichiren's sect, and they sobbed for a long time.

The Kudo family of the feudal lord lets the child of Yoshitaka become the priest under the leadership of Nichiren later and made inherited the blood of the Lotus Sutra. Nichiren gave a Buddhist name of Nichiryu that was associated with the name of Yoshitaka to the child of Yoshitaka. And Nichiryu will build the Kyoninji Temple on this ground.

On the other hand, screaming sounded in the hall of Kagenobu Tojo.

Kagenobu groans on the bed.

The injury he banged a back on became the fatal.

The subordinates held Kagenobu down who shakes intensely.

“The backbone is ・・".

Kagenobu stretched out both hands highly toward a ceiling. This finger has begun to become black.

They left from Kagenobu in horror.

Kagenobu kept on suffering for seven days, and a whole body became black, trembled with insanity, ceased to breathe afterwards.

The whole families of the Kagenobu witnessed a terrible phenomenon of the Buddha's punishment in their eyes and they all shuddered with fear.

Nichiren writes it down about death of Kagenobu Tojo as follows in 'On Repaying Favors' 16 years later.


“There is one thing to be thankful for. Kagenobu, Enchibo, and Jitsujobo all died earlier than Dozenbo, and that was fortunate. These men all met an untimely death because by the chastisement of the ten demon daughters who protect the Lotus Sutra".


The battle of the long term of Nichiren and Kagenobu Tojo has finished. It took twelve years to finish it. Both sides were hurt, but Kagenobu Tojo received the Buddha's punishment, Nichiren got a confidence as the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra of the Latter-Days of the Law.

Nichiren recollected Kagenobu and he wrote 'the Various Kinds of Behavior' when he was at the age of 55 years old in this way.


“Devadatta was the foremost person of good influences to Shakyamuni Buddha. When looking at present world, we can see that person helping grow is not friends but strong enemies. We find examples before our very eyes. The Hojo clan of Kamakura was not able to prosper as the ruler of Japan if they did not fight with Yoshimori and the retired Emperor of Oki. In this sense these enemies were the best allies this clan could have. For Nichiren, best friends for attaining Buddhahood are Kagenobu, Ryoukan, Doryu, Do'amidabutsu, Heino-Saemon and the lord [Tokimune] of Sagami. I am full of joy when I think that without these people I could not have proved myself to be the votary of the Lotus Sutra”.


Nichiren preached it that the existence of the enemy brought oneself up than a friend. Shakyamuni preached it that Devadatta who dropped a rock from a cliff and had been going to kill Buddha was the well-meaning person [the existence which help to become Buddha] and would be reincarnated as the Tathagata of Heavenly King in the future at the twelfth of the Devadatta chapter in the Lotus Sutra.

In addition, the Hojo clan prospered thanks to Yoshimori Wada and retired emperor Gotoba, if there were not these two powerful enemies, Hojo clan was not becoming king.

For Nichiren, his friends for attaining Buddhahood are Kagenobu, Ryoukan, Doryu, Do'amidabutsu, Heino-Saemon and the lord [Tokimune] of Sagami, he asserts that he is pleased with the encounter with the powerful enemy.


          Continued to (7)


Life of Nichiren. Vol. 1. Contents



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