英語訳
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...harming others, concealing one's offenses, associating closely with laypeople, delight in noise and tumult (despite being monastics), and failure to revere the Three Treasures. [Etc.] Such behavior does not merely constitute failure to practice the dharma of a monk—it is further called defiling the conduct of a monk. The sūtra also states: One who, while not practicing the pure life (brahmacarya), claims to do so; who, while breaking precepts, claims to keep them; who receives the reverential prostrations of those who do keep precepts; and who does not recognize this as evil—such a monk incurs eight lighter karmic retributions, namely: being foolish, being mute and dull, suffering skin afflictions (scabies), becoming ugly with white leprosy, being reborn as a poor and emaciated servant, dying young and being short-lived, not being respected by others, acquiring an evil reputation, and being unable to see the Buddha. Such a person cannot find a place to spit even on the great earth—let alone freely come, go, bow, and stretch. Why? Because kings in past ages gave this very earth as an offering to precept-keeping monks, and persons of virtue traveled the path upon it. How much more so the other goods, the four necessities of a monastic residence! Even if a single hair were divided into a hundred parts, such a person cannot receive even one of those parts, because that person cannot repay the kindness of the donor. [End of citation.] The full text should be consulted.
**○** The *Kōketsu* (vol. 4), citing the *Daichidoron* (Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra), vol. 19, states: "The monks asked the Buddha: 'Where is a monk of the forest (*araṇya*) who dies reborn?' The answer: 'In the Avīci Hell.'" [End of citation.]
**○** The *Nirvāṇa Sūtra*, Chapter on the Vajra Body (*Kongōshin-bon*) (Commentary, vol. 3, folio 56), states: "One who receives and fully keeps the five precepts cannot be called a Mahāyāna practitioner. One who does not receive the five precepts but protects the True Dharma—that person is called Mahāyāna. One who protects the True Dharma should take up swords, blades, and weapons, and serve as a guard for the Dharma-teacher." [End of citation.]
**○** The same text (folio 53, left side) states: "One who upholds and protects the True Dharma does not receive the five precepts and does not practice the rules of deportment," etc. [End of citation.]
**△** [This passage was spoken for laypeople, not for monastics. However, both the Tendai and Nichiren schools cite it as evidence for the practice of *shakubuku* (forceful conversion/refutation). This is a transferred application.]
The verse passage from the *Lotus Sūtra*'s chapter "Encouragement to Uphold the Sūtra" (*Kanji-hon*), and the *Kaimoku-shō* (Opening of the Eyes), should be investigated deeply by those who need them.
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**△** The *Nirvāṇa Sūtra*, Chapter on the Four Aspects (*Shisō-bon*) (Commentary, vol. 4, folio 13), states: "After my nirvāṇa... during the Age of the Semblance Dharma, there shall be monks who feign the appearance of keeping the vinaya, read and recite the sūtras very little, greedily relish food and drink, and nourish their bodies... Though wearing the kashāya robe, they are like hunters; they look carefully and walk slowly, like a cat stalking a mouse. They constantly proclaim: 'I have attained the state of an arhat'... Outwardly they display virtue and goodness, while inwardly they harbor greed and jealousy... Their wrong views are rampant, and they slander the True Dharma," etc. [End of citation.] [This is related to the eleventh of the Ancestral Writings and the Letter Bestowed upon Ryōkan—both should be reverently studied together.]
**△** The same text, Chapter on the Four Reliances (*Shie-bon*) (Commentary, vol. 6, folio 26), states: "Even when one sees others committing *pārājika* (fundamental precept violations), one remains silent and does not raise the matter. Why? I appeared in this world in order to establish and protect the True Dharma. Therefore I remain silent and do not reprove or punish." [End of citation.]
**The Four Schools' Essential Passages [Middle Volume — End]**
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**The Four Schools' Essential Passages [Lower Volume]**
Composed by the Venerable Nichō of the Founding Mountain; Compiled and Supplemented by Later Student Eien
**○** The Shingon (True Word) school establishes its school on the basis of three sūtras and one treatise.
*Mahāvairocanābhisaṃbodhivikurvitādhiṣṭhānavaipulyasūtra* (abbreviated as the *Dainichi-kyō* / *Mahāvairocana Sūtra*): 6 fascicles, 31 chapters. Adding the *Kuyōhō* (Method of Offering), 1 fascicle, 5 chapters, for a combined total of 7 fascicles and 36 chapters. Translated during the Kaiyuan era of the Tang dynasty by the Tripiṭaka master Śubhākarasiṃha (Zenmui) from India, together with the ācārya Yixing (Ichigyō).
*Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha-mahāyānābhisamaya-mahātantrarāja-sūtra* (*Kongōchō-kyō* / *Vajraśekhara Sūtra*): 3 fascicles, 3 chapters. Translated during the Kaiyuan era of the Tang dynasty by the Tripiṭaka master Vajrabodhi (Kongōchi) from India.
*Susiddhikāra-sūtra* (*Soshitchi-kyō*): 3 fascicles, 34 chapters. Translated by the Tripiṭaka master Śubhākarasiṃha (Zenmui).
The one treatise is the *Bodhicittavivaraṇa* (*Bodaishin-ron*) [1 text, 7 folios], composed by the Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna and translated by the Tripiṭaka master Amoghavajra (Fukū).
**Transmission Lineages:**
*Womb Realm (Taizōkai) / Tōji (Eastern Temple) lineage:*
Vajrapāṇi Mahāsattva → Dharmakirti (Darumakikuta) → Śubhākarasiṃha ──┐
├──→ Vajrabodhi → Yixing (Ichigyō)
└──→ Xuanchao (Genchō) → Huiguo (Keika) → Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi)
*Womb Realm / Sanmon (Mountain Gate / Tendai) lineage:*
○ Mahāvairocana Tathāgata / 700-plus honored deities
│ Śubhākarasiṃha
│ Yilin (Giryō) [The compiler states: The *Dainichi-kyō* was transmitted
│ Shunxiao (Jungyō) by Śubhākarasiṃha (Mujaku), so Mujaku is taken as
└ Saichō (Dengyō Daishi) → Gishin ┤ the master and Vajrabodhi as the auxiliary. The *Kongōchō-kyō*
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*Vajra Realm (Kongōkai) lineage:*
│ Vajrapāṇi [another name for Samantabhadra]
│ Mañjuśrī Mahāsattva [was transmitted by Vajrabodhi; therefore Vajrabodhi
│ Nāgārjuna (Ryūmyō) Mahāsattva is taken as master, and Śubhākarasiṃha
│ Nāgabodhi (Ryūchi) Mahāsattva occupies the auxiliary position.]
○ Mahāvairocana Tathāgata
│ Śubhākarasiṃha (Zenmui)
│ Vajrabodhi (Kongōchi) ─┬─ Yixing (Ichigyō)
│ Amoghavajra (Fukū) ──┐ │
│ └─┤ Huiguo (Keika)
│ Shunxiao (Jungyō) │ Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi)
│ Saichō (Dengyō) │
*500-plus honored deities*
**△ The sites where the three sūtras were preached:**
The *Dainichi-kyō* (Mahāvairocana Sūtra), fascicle 1, Chapter on Residing in the Mind at the Gate of the True Word (*Nyū Shingon Mon Jūshin-bon*), states: "Thus have I heard. At one time, the Bhagavat was dwelling in the Palace of the Vast Vajra Dharma Realm of the Tathāgata's Empowerment," etc. [End of citation.] Śubhākarasiṃha's *Gishaku* (Commentary), vol. 1, states: "In order to show the dwelling place of empowerment, it is called 'the Palace of the Vast Vajra Dharma Realm.' This palace is the place where the ancient Buddhas attained bodhi—it is the Heaven of Maheśvara." [End of citation.] This heaven is none other than the Heaven of Ultimate Form (*Shikukyōten* / *Akaniṣṭha*).
**△** The *Kongōchō-kyō* (Vajraśekhara Sūtra), fascicle 1, title of the Vast Ritual Section (*Kōdai Giki-bon*): "Thus have I heard. At one time, the Bhagavat, having accomplished the supremely excellent *samayajñāna* (vow-wisdom) of the vajra empowerment of all tathāgatas... was dwelling in the palace of the King of the Akaniṣṭha Heaven, in the great maṇi hall, variously interspersed and adorned, with bells, streamers, and banners stirred and set in motion by gentle breezes, with pearl garlands, jeweled necklaces, and half-full moons as ornaments, together with an assembly of ninety koṭis of bodhisattvas." [End of citation.] The Akaniṣṭha Heaven is also the Heaven of Ultimate Form (*Shikukyōten*). The *Susiddhikāra-sūtra* is a sūtra preached through the empowerment of the Bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi [continues...]