Kyogyoshinsho - Kyogyoshinsho

A Buddhist book from the early Kamakura period written by Shinran. There are many theories about its completion, including that it was completed in 1224 (Gannin 1), but if we take the copy made by his disciple Sonren as a rough guide, it is believed to have been completed in 1247 (Hoji 1). The book consists of six volumes: Teaching, Practice, Faith, Verification, The Land of True Buddha, and The Land of Transformation. At the beginning, there is a general preface that discusses the absolute other-power of Amida Buddha, and a preface to the Faith volume that shows the importance of faith. At the end, there is a postscript that touches on the punishment that Shinran received as a disciple of Honen (Genku), the forgiveness that he received from his teacher Honen, and so on. In this book, he first asserts that both the going to the Pure Land and the returning from the Pure Land to this land to give salvation to the people of the world are due to the transfer of the power of the Buddha's original vow. He therefore seeks evidence from sutras and commentaries that teachings, nembutsu, faith, and enlightenment are all due to the transfer of power from the Buddha, and he argues that true faith without doubt is the correct cause of travel to the Pure Land. He then explains the true Buddha and his Pure Land as the fruit of enlightenment, and furthermore, he shows that there is a true and transformed land, and that the Buddha's salvation is found in this land of transformation. This book was written by Shinran and is the essence of Shinran's religion, so it is only natural that it is considered the book that founded the Jodo Shinshu sect.

[Mizumaro Ishida]

"Japanese Thought Series 11: Shinran" (1971, Iwanami Shoten)" ▽ "Annotated and translated Shinran Complete Works: Kyogyoshinsho, Volumes 1 and 2, by Ishida Mizumaro (1976, 1979, Shunjusha)"

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鎌倉初期の仏教書。親鸞(しんらん)の著。1224年（元仁1）成立とする説など多くの説があるが、弟子尊蓮(そんれん)の書写をいちおうのめどとすれば、1247年（宝治1）にはできあがっていたとみられる。この書は、教、行、信、証、真仏土(しんぶつど)、化身土(けしんど)の6巻からなる。初めに総序を置いて阿弥陀仏(あみだぶつ)の絶対他力を論じ、信巻にも序を設けて信の重要性を示し、最後の結びに後序を記して法然(ほうねん)（源空）門下の罪科に処せられたことや、師法然より受けた恩恕(おんじょ)などに触れている。彼はこの書においてまず浄土(じょうど)に往生(おうじょう)する往相(おうそう)も、浄土よりこの土に帰って世の人に救いを与える還相(げんそう)も、ともに仏の本願力の回向(えこう)によると断じた。したがって、教えも念仏も信心も悟りもすべて仏よりの回向によることを経典や論疏(ろんしょ)などに証拠を求めて論証しているが、とくに疑心の混じらない真実の信心によって、これを浄土往来の正因(しょういん)とした。ついで、さとりの果(か)としての真実の仏とその浄土を説明し、さらに、これに真、化があるとして、その化身土にも仏の救いがあることを示した。この書は親鸞鏤骨(るこつ)の書で、親鸞の宗教の骨髄であるから、浄土真宗においては立教開宗の書とされるのも当然である。

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『『日本思想大系11　親鸞』（1971・岩波書店）』▽『石田瑞麿著『注訳親鸞全集　教行信証』上下（1976、79・春秋社）』

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