Secret Doctrine - Hijiboumon

This is one of the most representative heresies in Jodo Shinshu. According to ancient legend, Zenran, the son of Shinran, claimed to have been secretly taught this teaching by his father in the middle of the night, which caused doubts and divisions among Shinran's disciples and led to Shinran's disownment. It is said that Nyodo of Omachi, Echizen Province (Fukui Prefecture), who was in contact with Kakunyo, the third abbot of Honganji, recited this teaching. However, there is no conclusive evidence that Nyodo recited this teaching. It was particularly popular in the Hokuriku region, but it was this teaching that Renyo, the founder of Honganji, most vigorously criticized and attacked as a heresy of Shinshu. These doctrines include the Ichiyaku doctrine, which says that one can attain Buddhahood in this world if one has faith; the Non-worship doctrine, which says that since one can attain Buddhahood if one has faith, there is no need to worship statues of Buddha at all; Relying on Good Teachers, which says that rebirth in the Pure Land is determined by relying on wise teachers (teachers, monks); the Ten Kalpa Secret Literature, which says that Amida promised us rebirth in the Pure Land since the time of the Ten Kalpas of Enlightenment, as well as the Hidden Nembutsu and the Secret Literature of the Storehouse.

[Sumitaka Matsuno]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

浄土真宗における異端の代表的なものの一つ。古来の伝承では、親鸞(しんらん)の子善鸞(ぜんらん)が夜中ひそかに父から1人伝授されたと称して、親鸞の弟子たちの間に疑惑と分裂をおこし、親鸞から義絶されるに至った異義に拠(よ)るとされ、本願寺3世覚如(かくにょ)と交際のあった越前(えちぜん)国（福井県）大町の如道(にょどう)がこの法門を唱えたといわれている。しかし如道の著作からは、彼が秘事法門を唱えたという確証は出てこない。とくに北陸方面に盛行していたが、本願寺中興の蓮如(れんにょ)が真宗の異端としてもっとも力を注いで批判攻撃したのは、この秘事法門であった。この法門には、信心を得ればこの世で成仏(じょうぶつ)できるとする一益(いちやく)法門とか、信心を得れば成仏するのだから別に仏像などいっさい拝む必要がないとする不拝義とか、善知識（師、坊主）を頼むことによって往生(おうじょう)が決定(けつじょう)すると説く善知識頼みとか、十劫正覚(じっこうしょうがく)の昔からわれわれの往生を弥陀(みだ)が約束したという十劫秘事のほか、隠れ念仏、土蔵(おくら)秘事などがあった。

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