Title - Daimoku

Japanese: 題目 - だいもく

〘noun〙① The title of a book or literary work. External title (gedai) . Title. ※Wakan Roei (around 1018) Vol. 1 "In the sutras there are titles, in the Buddha there are eyes. Do you know that among flowers you have planted the roots of goodness? (Minamoto Tamenori)" [Bai Juyi - Preface to the Five Poems of Eiko] ② A name given to something. Title. ※Kuruma-yahon Nohkyoku - Yumi Hachiman (around 1423) "And what he holds in his hand is a mulberry bow. <omitted> First of all, it is a happy title." [Hokushi - Nenken-den] ③ The clauses or conditions that define or establish something. ※Zoku Kojidan (1219) Vol. 2 "When an messenger from the Imperial Court came to speak to him, there were so many titles that they piled up." ④ The subject of something. ※Fushi Kaden (c. 1400-02), 6: "Well, if it's the main theme of famous places, then..." ※Dreams of the Future of Living Together in the Inland (1886), Tsubouchi Shoyo, 9: "Let's talk a little about my own affairs now. Won't you please talk about it?" ⑤ Something that should be taken up in particular. An incident. ※ Meitokuki (c. 1392-93), 1 : "Recently, rumors have filled my ears that we should march against them in Kyoto. If this is true, it would be a rare and mysterious theme." ⑥ Buddhist term. In the Nichiren sect, the title of the Lotus Sutra is chanted with the two characters "Namu" added to it, resulting in the phrase "Namu Myoho Renge Kyo ." *Storybook, Seisui Sho (1628), verse 7: "How can one shamefully recite the Nembutsu without even temporarily reciting the daimoku?" [Essay] (Regarding ⑥) Chanting has been practiced on Mount Hiei since ancient times, but chanting in the form of oral recitation of the Nembutsu began with Nichiren , who inherited and developed the ideas of Tendai Daishi Chigi, who added his interpretation to the sutra title of the Lotus Sutra in "The Lotus Sutra's Secrets." Nichiren established his teachings by consolidating all that Chigi had taught into the five-character and seven-character daimoku. →Daimoku Dance/Daimoku Lecture

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 書物や文学作品などの表題。外題(げだい)。題名。※和漢朗詠（1018頃）上「経には題目たり仏には眼たり知んぬ汝は花の中に善根を植ゑたりといふことを〈源為憲〉」〔白居易‐詠興五首序〕② 物につける名前。名称。※車屋本謡曲・弓八幡（1423頃）「又是に持ちたるは桑の弓なり。〈略〉先づ先づ目出たき題目なり」〔北史‐念賢伝〕③ あることを規定したり成立させたりする箇条や条件。※続古事談（1219）二「院より御使に参てものを申されけるに、あまりに題目おほくかさなりければ」④ 物事の主題。※風姿花伝（1400‐02頃）六「けりゃう、名所きうせきのだいもくならば」※内地雑居未来之夢（1886）〈坪内逍遙〉九「今少し我事を題目(ダイモク)にして。話をしたまはずや」⑤ 特に取り上げるべきことがら。事件。※明徳記（1392‐93頃か）上「近日〈略〉京都へ責上るべきよし風聞耳に満(みて)り。事実たらば、希代不思議の題目なり」⑥ 仏語。日蓮宗で、法華経の表題に「南無(なむ)」の二字を加えて唱える「南無妙法蓮華経」の称。※咄本・醒睡笑（1628）七「かりそめにも題目をば念ぜずして、いかがなればあさましく念仏をば申しつるや」[語誌](⑥について) 唱題は古くから比叡山で行なわれていたが、口誦念仏の形での唱題は、天台大師智顗(ちぎ)が「法華玄義」において「妙法蓮華経」の経題に解釈を加えたが、その思想を受け継ぎ、発展させた日蓮にはじまる。日蓮は智顗の一切を五字・七字の題目に集約して教学を樹立した。→題目踊り・題目講

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