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Volume 20 (2024) Pages 59-67

Shinran and Prince Shotoku faith About a bad man becoming the Buddha

Ikuo Watanabe

【Abstract】I carry out the reading which led the “account of the future” of the “Shitenno-ji luck” from Shinran’s Wasan. If doing it so, “the account of the future” of the “Shitenno-ji luck” will turn into “an account of the future” of Prince Shotoku and Moriya. Furthermore, it becomes “the account of the future” of Prince Shotoku and Shinran. Next, it becomes Shinran’s own “account of the future.” Next, it becomes Prince Shotoku’s own “account of the future.” Next, it becomes “the account of the future” of a person with a bad man’s consciousness. It is becoming our own “account of the future.” Thus, “the account of the future” understands all people. There are some which cause it and it is work of this Primal Vow. I make it such and consider the relation between Shinran’s Prince Shotoku faith and faith of a Pure Land. I consider the compatibility of how to treat Shinran’s bad man by it. In that case, I carry out the reading which led the “account of the future” of the “Shitenno-ji luck” from Shinran’s Wasan. I could say that I am compatible by it.

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