Lecture on going to the afterlife - Ojokoshiki

Japanese: 往生講式 - おうじょうこうしき

Written by Todaiji Sanron Sect Eikan. Created in 1079 (Shoryaku 3) or 1096 (Eicho 1). This is the etiquette for the Ojo-ko lecture held on the tenth day of each month, and was likely created for one that Eikan held in Higashiyama, Kyoto. A statue of Amida Buddha is placed in the hall, incense and flowers are prepared, and a lecture is given on the seven gates. The seven gates are: Awakening the Bodhi Mind Gate, Repenting and Obstructing the Work Gate, Rejoicing in Good Roots Gate, Nembutsu and Ojo Gate, Praising Paradise Gate, Inexhaustible Causes Gate, and Transferring Merit Gate. Each gate is accompanied by a poem and ends with a eulogy of the virtues of Shakyamuni. [Nishiguchi Junko]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

東大寺三論宗永観（ようかん）撰。1079年(承暦3)または96年(永長1)の作。毎月十斎日に行う往生講の作法で，永観が京都東山で行った往生講のために作ったものであろう。阿弥陀迎接（ごうしよう）像を安置し，香花等をそなえ，一座七門の講演を行う。七門は発菩提心門，懺悔業障門，随喜善根門，念仏往生門，讃嘆極楽門，因円果満門，回向功徳門で，それぞれに歌頌（かしよう）を付し最後に釈迦の徳を礼讃して終わる。【西口順子】

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