和訳願 TRUE BUDDHA’S ADVENT

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Nichiren Daishonin was born the son of a fisherman on Feb. 16, 1222 in the village of Kominato on the Pacific coast of Japan.
Because of very auspicious circumstances at the time of his birth, his parents rejoiced when at the age of 12 he decided to enter a Buddhist temple near his village.
After receiving the tonsure at the age of 16, he traveled to the Kyoto and Kamakura areas visiting the major temples and centers of Buddhist study.
He investigated all the existing sects and their teachings concluding that the Lotus Sutra is indeed the highest among Shakyamuni’s sutras.
He also learned that the leaders of the existing sects had only a superficial understanding of the sutra’s meaning and had no inkling of the profound truth hidden within its depths.
Only he was enlightened to the entity of the mystic law the words of the Lotus Sutra described.
The corrupt state of the temples and priests exactly matched the description in Shakyamuni’s predictions.
Realizing that he himself was the very one of whom the sutras spoke, Nichiren Daishonin determined to take on the awesome challenge of confronting the entrenched, established sects and religious authorities.
Calling upon the people of his age and the future to take faith in the wonderful mystic law of the Lotus Sutra, he boldly declared the founding of his true Buddhism on April 28th 1253.
He taught that the practice which perfectly accords with the times and the capacity of the people is the chanting of the invocation “Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo”.
Beginning with this declaration, Nichiren Daishonin struggled unceasingly to propagate the heart of the Lotus Sutra, the profound law which he cherished in the depths of his life.
True to the Sutra’s predictions, he endured and overcame persecutions unprecedented in the history of Buddhism, including two exiles and an attempt by the military government to execute him.
Fulfilling his life’s mission on October 12, 1279 with the establishment of the True Object of Worship manifesting the totality of the enlightenment of the True Buddha and the cause for enlightenment of all mankind, Nichiren Daishonin peacefully passed away on October 13th 1282.

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＞Nichiren Daishonin was born the son of a fisherman on Feb. 16, 1222 in the village of Kominato on the Pacific coast of Japan. Because of very auspicious circumstances at the time of his birth, his parents rejoiced when at the age of 12 he decided to enter a Buddhist temple near his village.
⇒日蓮大聖人は、1222年2月16日、日本の太平洋岸の小湊村で漁師の息子として生まれた。彼の誕生時の非常に縁起の良い状況のため、彼の両親は12歳で彼が村の近くの仏教寺院に入ることを決心したとき大喜びした。

＞After receiving the tonsure at the age of 16, he traveled to the Kyoto and Kamakura areas visiting the major temples and centers of Buddhist study. He investigated all the existing sects and their teachings concluding that the Lotus Sutra is indeed the highest among Shakyamuni’s sutras.
⇒16歳の時に剃髪式を受けた後、彼は京都と鎌倉地域を旅し、主要な寺院や仏教研究施設を訪ねて回った。彼はすべての既存の宗派とその教えを調査し、法華経が釈迦牟尼の経典の中で実際に最高であると結論づけた。

＞He also learned that the leaders of the existing sects had only a superficial understanding of the sutra’s meaning and had no inkling of the profound truth hidden within its depths. Only he was enlightened to the entity of the mystic law the words of the Lotus Sutra described.
⇒彼はまた、既存の宗派の指導者たちが経典の意味をただ表面的にのみ理解していること、その奥深いところに隠された深遠な真理を汲み取っていないことを知った。妙法蓮華経の言葉が説く神秘的な法の実体に啓発されたのは彼だけであった。

＞The corrupt state of the temples and priests exactly matched the description in Shakyamuni’s predictions. Realizing that he himself was the very one of whom the sutras spoke, Nichiren Daishonin determined to take on the awesome challenge of confronting the entrenched, established sects and religious authorities.
⇒寺院や僧侶の腐敗した状態は、釈迦牟尼の予測の説明と正確に一致していた。日蓮大聖人は、まさに彼自身が経典の語り手であることを認識し、定着し確立している宗派や宗教関係者に立ち向かうという、驚くべき挑戦に取り組むことを決意した。

＞Calling upon the people of his age and the future to take faith in the wonderful mystic law of the Lotus Sutra, he boldly declared the founding of his true Buddhism on April 28th 1253.
⇒妙法蓮華経の素晴らしい神秘的な法則への信仰を受け止めるよう彼の時代と未来の人々に呼びかけて、彼は1253年4月28日に自分なりの本当の仏教の創設を大胆に宣言した。

＞He taught that the practice which perfectly accords with the times and the capacity of the people is the chanting of the invocation “Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo”. Beginning with this declaration, Nichiren Daishonin struggled unceasingly to propagate the heart of the Lotus Sutra, the profound law which he cherished in the depths of his life.
⇒彼は当時の時代や人々の能力と完全に一致する実践は、「南無妙法蓮華経」という祈りを唱えることであると説いた。この宣言を皮切りに、日蓮大聖人は、生活の深奥で慈しんだ深い理法たる法華経の心を広めるために絶え間なく奮闘した。

＞True to the Sutra’s predictions, he endured and overcame persecutions unprecedented in the history of Buddhism, including two exiles and an attempt by the military government to execute him.
⇒彼は、法華経の予測に忠実に、彼を処刑しようとする軍事政権による2回の追放を含め、仏教の歴史の中で前例のない迫害に耐え、これを克服した。

＞Fulfilling his life’s mission on October 12, 1279 with the establishment of the True Object of Worship manifesting the totality of the enlightenment of the True Buddha and the cause for enlightenment of all mankind, Nichiren Daishonin peacefully passed away on October 13th 1282.
⇒1279年10月12日、日蓮大聖人は人生の使命を全うし、本当の崇拝対象を確立することで、真なる仏陀の教えとすべての人類啓発の大義を明らかにして、1282年10月13日穏やかに逝去した。

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