‘Denpo-shoja-ketsuryaku’ as the Idea of enmitsu-itchi in Taimitsu

On Annen and Ninku

Abstract

The idea of enmitsu-itchi _??__??__??__??_ [The identity of the essential purport of the Perfect Teaching of Tendai and Esoteric Buddhism]is the basic position of Taimitsu _??__??_. There are two types of enmitsu-itchi:one is the idea of rido-jii _??__??__??__??_ [The Perfect Teaching of Tendai is identical to Esoteric Buddhism in principle, but in practice each one is different], the other is the idea of rido-jido _??__??__??__??_ [The Perfect Teaching is identical to Esoteric Buddhism in both principle and practice]. Most centrally, Anne _??__??_ (841-898?) and Ninku _??__??_ (1309-1388)emphasized the idea of rido-jii, and secondarily the two scholars referred to the idea of rido-jido too. The two scholars adopted ‘Denpo-shoja-ketsuryaku’ _??__??__??__??__??__??_ as the idea of rido-jido, meaning “When the Buddha preached the practice of the three mysteries (sanmitsugyo _??__??__??_) Denpo-shoja _??__??__??__??_ listened to the Buddha preach in his presence. But they could not record the practice of the three mysteries in a sutra (ketsuryaku _??__??_), because their faculties were not mysterious.” Particularly Ninku frequently referred to ‘Denpo-shoja-ketsuryaku’, and he construted the idea of enmitsu-itchi much more solidly.