Gosho 日興遺誡置文 The Last Religious Precepts of Nikko 2

一、富士の立(りゅう)義(ぎ)聊(いささ)かも先師の御(ご)弘通(ぐつう)に違(い)せざる事。

1. The doctrine of Fuji sect not be different in the least from the propagation the previous teacher performed.

一、五人の立義一々(いちいち)に先師の御弘通に違する事。

2. The doctrine of five people all differ from the propagation of the previous teacher.

一、御書(ごしょ)何(いず)れも偽書(ぎしょ)に擬(ぎ)し当門流を毀謗(きぼう)せん者之有るべし、

3. There is a person considering writings of Daishonin to be forgery and they will destroy and criticize our sect.

若(も)し加(か)様(よう)の悪侶(あくりょ)出来(しゅったい)せば親近(しんごん)すべからざる事。

You must not get close to him familiarly if such an evil priest appeared.

一、偽書を造って御書と号し本迹(ほんじゃく)一致(いっち)の修行を致(いた)す者は師子(しし)身中(しんちゅう)の虫と心得(う)べき事。

4. There will be a person who make forgery, and call it a writing of Daishonin, and there will be a person training himself putting the same value on the essence and the provisional. You should understand that he is a traitor within the walls.

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