Rozanji Temple’s Senchaku Hongan Nenbutsu shū 選択本願念仏集 is considered the original manuscript of Senchaku Hongan Nenbutsu shū, because the book contains some corrections in the margins. There have been several articles about the corrections in the past, but we have to further discuss the elaboration in chapter XII.
Judging from the materials, Hōnen 法然 seems to have instructed a pupil to add the sentence of the “Hairyū no gi” 廃立の義 (the doctrine of abandoning all practices except reciting Amida Buddha’s name). I think the reasons for the elaboration are the following two points. First, Hōnen tried to balance chapter IV with chapter XII. Second, Hōnen wanted to express the attitude of the “Henne zendō isshi” 偏依善導一師 (depending only on Shandao).
