In the Ketsujō ōjōshū 決定往生集 written by Chinkai 珍海, the author expresses his negative attitude to the aspiration for buddhahood, wishing both self-interest and altruism that the bodhisattva of Mahayana Buddhism was obliged to practice. In other words, he was groping for rebirth in the Pure Land by means of ganshōshin 願生心 (the wish for rebirth in the Pure Land) without altruistic practices.
In addition, this attitude is inherited in his Annyō chisoku sōtaishō 安養知足相対抄. I find a relationship between the gonhosshin 近発心 in the Annyō chisoku sōtaishō and the awakening the mind of enlightenment of ordinary people described in the Ketsujō ōjōshū.
Through a consideration of these two books, I would like to inquire about Chinkai’s view of the aspiration for buddhahood in his Pure Land Buddhist thought.
