Gosho 千日尼御返事 Reply to Nun Sen’nichi.

千日尼御返事（故阿仏房尼御前御返事）

The Treasure of a Filial Child

Reply to Nun Sen’nichi.

弘安三年七月二日 五十九歳御作

July 2th,1280.Fifty-nine years old.

佐渡・妙宣寺所蔵(重要文化財) The possession of Myosenji Temple in Sado. (important cultural property).

　其(そ)の子藤九郎(とうくろう)守(もり)綱(つな)は此(こ)の跡をつぎて一向(いっこう)法華経の行者となりて、

His son, Tōkurō Moritsuna, has followed in his footsteps and become a wholehearted votary of the Lotus Sutra.

His son, Tokuro Moritsuna, has succeeded his father as a wholehearted votary of the Lotus Sutra.

去年(こぞ)は七月二日、父の舎利(しゃり)を頚(くび)に懸(か)け、一千里の山海を経(へ)て甲州・波木井(はきり)身(み)延(のぶ)山(さん)に登りて法華経の道場に此(こ)れをおさめ、

Last year, on the second day of the seventh month, he appeared here at Mount Minobuin Hakiri in the province of Kai, having journeyed a thousand ri over mountains and seas with his father’s ashes hung around his neck, and deposited them at the place dedicated to the practice of the Lotus Sutra.

Last year, on the second day of July, he climbed Mount Minobu of Hakiri Province of Kai, having journeyed a thousand ri at mountains and seas with his father's ashes hung to his neck, and deposited it at the hall of the Lotus Sutra.

今年は又七月(ふづき)一日(ついたち)身延山に登りて慈父(じふ)のはかを拝見す、

And this year, on the first day of the seventh month, he came again to Mount Minobu to pay respects at his father’s grave.

And this year, on the first day of July, he climbed again Mount Minobu to pay respects at his father's grave.

子にすぎたる財(たから)なし・子にすぎたる財なし

Surely, there is no treasure greater than a child, no treasure greater than a child!

There is no treasure more precious than a child. There is no treasure more precious than a child.

南無妙法蓮華経・南無妙法蓮華経。

Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

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