Gosho 金吾殿御返事（大師講御書）二 Letter to Lord Ota Kingo.2

抑(そもそも)此(こ)の法門の事、勘(かん)文(もん)の有無(うむ)に依(よ)りて弘まるべきか、弘まらざるか。

Whether or not my teaching spreads will depend on the correctness or incorrectness of what I have predicted in my memorial.

This doctrine may spread or may not spread, but in the first place, it depends on the correctness or incorrectness of what I have predicted in my warning documents.

去年(こぞ)方々に申して候ひしかども、いなせ(否応)の返事候はず候。

Though I wrote to a number of persons last year there were no replies, either positive or negative.

Though I wrote to a number of persons last year there were no replies either positive or even negative.

今年十一月の比(ころ)、方々へ申して候へば、少々返事あるかたも候。

But when I wrote to them in the eleventh month of this year, some actually wrote back.

But when I wrote to them in November of this year, some wrote back.

をほかた人の心もやわらぎて、さもやとをぼしたりげに候。

For the most part, people’s attitudes have softened and it seems they think that perhaps what I have said may be true.

For the most part, people's attitudes have softened and it seems they thought that perhaps what I have said may be true.

又上のげざ(見参)んにも入りて候やらむ。

Moreover, I think it is possible that the ruler may also have examined the matter.

Moreover, it is possible that the ruler also has read this writing.　　

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