Dainichi Nounin

A monk from the end of the Heian period to the early Kamakura period. The founder of the Bodhidharma sect (a branch of Japanese Zen Buddhism). Dainichi was a Buddhist priest. He started out as a Tendai monk, attaining enlightenment without a teacher, and opened Sanbo-ji Temple in the rice fields of Settsu (Osaka), where he preached Zen. However, he was criticized by people for not having a teacher, so in 1188 (Bun'ei 4), he sent his disciples Renchu ​​and Shoben to Ikuozan Settan Tokuko (1121-1203) in Song, where they received approval. Eizan suppressed their activities, and Eisai also criticized Nonin's Zen, but the Bodhidharma religious group became a major force, and later, that group became the core of the formation of the Dogen sect. He was stabbed to death by his nephew, Taira no Kagekiyo, in the 5th or 6th year of the Kenkyu era. Sanbo-ji Temple continued to exist as a temple of Shari-relic worship throughout the Middle Ages, and related documents are preserved at Shoho-ji Temple (Yawata City, Kyoto Prefecture).

[Rikizan Ishikawa September 19, 2017]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

平安末・鎌倉初期の僧。達磨(だるま)宗（日本禅宗の一派）の祖。大日は房号。初め天台の僧で、師をもたずに独悟し、摂津(せっつ)（大阪）水田に三宝寺を開き、禅を唱道した。しかし人々に師承のないことをそしられ、1188年（文治4）弟子の練中(れんちゅう)、勝弁(しょうべん)を宋(そう)の育王山拙庵徳光(せったんとくこう)（1121―1203）のもとに派遣し印可を得た。叡山(えいざん)はその活動を弾圧し、栄西(えいさい)も能忍の禅を批判したが、達磨宗教団は一大勢力となり、のちその一派は道元教団形成の中核となった。建久(けんきゅう)5年（または同6年）甥(おい)の平景清(たいらのかげきよ)に刺殺された。三宝寺は中世を通じ舎利信仰の寺として存続し、関係資料が正法寺（京都府八幡(やわた)市）に伝存する。

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