A short story - Ichigon Hodan

Japanese: 一言芳談 - いちごんほうだん
A short story - Ichigon Hodan

This book is a compilation of sermons that revolved around the heart of a recluse who idealized abandoning the secular world and was supported by the idea of ​​going to the Pure Land. It was compiled in the late Kamakura period. It contains over 150 sermons from nembutsu practitioners who were mainly influenced by the nembutsu ideas of Honen (Genku), but there is little interest in doctrine and a shallow understanding of Honen's idea of ​​original vow and other power. However, in a few words and phrases that teach that by nembutsu in the hope of an afterlife, we should let go of our attachment to fame and profit, and limit our life in this world to the bare minimum, there is a sharp paradox against worldly values.

[Hiroyuki Ito]

"Ichiban Hodan" translated and annotated by Yanase Kazuo (Kadokawa Bunko)""Japanese Classical Literature Series 83 Kana Hogoshu" annotated by Miyasaka Yukatsu (1964, Iwanami Shoten)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

浄土往生(おうじょう)を心の支えとして、世俗を捨て去ることを理想とした一遁世者(とんせいしゃ)が、自分の心にかなった法談を編録した書。鎌倉時代後期の成立。主として法然(ほうねん)(源空)の念仏思想の影響を受けた念仏者の法談150余条を収録しているが、教理への関心は薄く、法然の説く本願他力の思想への理解は浅い。しかし、後世(ごせ)を願う念仏によって、名誉や利益に執する心を離れ、現世での生活を、必要の最小限にとどめて過ごすべきことを説いた片言隻句(へんげんせっく)には、世俗の価値観に対する鋭い逆説が語られている。

[伊藤博之]

『簗瀬一雄訳注『一言芳談』(角川文庫)』『宮坂宥勝校注『日本古典文学大系83 仮名法語集』(1964・岩波書店)』

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