In his
Tendai Shingon Nishu Doi sho, Hocchi-bo Shoshin (宝地房証真) uses the term hongaku (‘Original Enlightenment’) in two different senses: firstly, within the context of ‘
honrai-jikaku-butsu’ (本来自覚仏) to denote the
dharmakaya (‘Dharma-body’); and, secondly, within the context of ‘
hongaku-bussho’ (本覚仏性) to denote
buddhata (‘Buddha-nature’). However, Shoshin accepts
honrai-jikaku-butsu not from the standpoint of Actuality (事,
ji) but rather merely from the standpoint of Principle (理,
ri), and he argues for the identity of the Tendai teaching of Perfection with Shingon esotericism (円密一致,
enmitsu-icchi). He does so by taking the
Lotus Sutra's conception of the Buddha as
dharmakaya to be the true intention of the Teaching of Perfection as well as the true meaning of the Tendai teaching. Yet, at the same time, Shoshin appears to contradict himself by denying
honrai-jikaku-butsu. For in his
Hokke-Gengi-Shiki, he instead takes the Buddha as described in the
Lotus Sutra to be merely
sambhogakaya. This would suggest that when it is necessary to identify the Tendai teachings with Shingon, Shoshin accepts
hongaku from the standpoint of Principle, in an actual positive rather than merely potential sense, despite this contradiction between his two works. This paper argues that it is for this reason that Shoshin, despite regarding the Buddha as merely
sambhogakaya, was nonetheless forced to clearly assert that the Buddha as
dharmakaya did indeed consitute the true understanding of the Tendai teaching.
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