仏教用語・信行用語
Shishu Kanno (The Four Kinds of Goriyaku)
四種感応
There are four kinds of Goriyaku which appear in response to prayers based on the teaching of Nichiren Shonin.
(Letter to Domyozenmon, The HBS edition 3 – 464)
A definite prayer and definite response (Kenki – Kenno)
A definite prayer and indefinite response (Kenki – Myono)
An indefinite prayer and a definite response (Myoki – Kenno)
An indefinite prayer and an indefinite response (Myoki – Myono)
‘ken’ of Kenki means definite or distinct, and ‘ki’ means offering prayer.
‘o’ (--no) means receptiveness or responsiveness as a formal reward made by the Gohonzon (Buddha, and holy existences). Accordingly, ‘Kenki-Kenno’ means that one has prayed definitely or clearly and the prayer is fulfilled and appears as Goriyaku or protection in the form that can be seen or recognized.
‘Myo’ of Myono mean invisible or dark, so Kenki-Myono means that one’s definite or clear prayer is fulfilled without one’s realizing it. For example, a practitioner who had poor health devotedly engaged in daily practices had his or her health gradually improve without him or her noticing it. Or, while one engaged in daily chanting of the Odaimoku, it works as good fortune when one encounters an unforeseen difficulty or as protection from an accident.
Nissen Shonin stated in his Gokyoka
Myoho wo tamotsu mi nareba Shaka Shobutsu
Bosatsu Shoten no tsuneni shugo ari
As long as we uphold the Fine Dharma, Shakamuni Buddha, the other buddhas, the bodhisattvas and gods in heaven will always protect us.
Yomo hirumo omamori aruwo utagauna
Warera bonbu no me niwa mienedo
Do not doubt that we, faithful believers of the Lotus Sutra, have the protection of the Gohonzon through day and night, even though we cannot see it.
Jyogan wo Goriyaku to nomi omounaya
Buji ni shingyo kore mo Goriyaku
You should not think that only the definite response is Goriyaku. While you engage in daily Buddhist practices and live a peaceful life, this is also Goriyaku (invisible, divine protection).
(Letter to Domyozenmon, The HBS edition 3 – 464)
A definite prayer and definite response (Kenki – Kenno)
A definite prayer and indefinite response (Kenki – Myono)
An indefinite prayer and a definite response (Myoki – Kenno)
An indefinite prayer and an indefinite response (Myoki – Myono)
‘ken’ of Kenki means definite or distinct, and ‘ki’ means offering prayer.
‘o’ (--no) means receptiveness or responsiveness as a formal reward made by the Gohonzon (Buddha, and holy existences). Accordingly, ‘Kenki-Kenno’ means that one has prayed definitely or clearly and the prayer is fulfilled and appears as Goriyaku or protection in the form that can be seen or recognized.
‘Myo’ of Myono mean invisible or dark, so Kenki-Myono means that one’s definite or clear prayer is fulfilled without one’s realizing it. For example, a practitioner who had poor health devotedly engaged in daily practices had his or her health gradually improve without him or her noticing it. Or, while one engaged in daily chanting of the Odaimoku, it works as good fortune when one encounters an unforeseen difficulty or as protection from an accident.
Nissen Shonin stated in his Gokyoka
Myoho wo tamotsu mi nareba Shaka Shobutsu
Bosatsu Shoten no tsuneni shugo ari
As long as we uphold the Fine Dharma, Shakamuni Buddha, the other buddhas, the bodhisattvas and gods in heaven will always protect us.
Yomo hirumo omamori aruwo utagauna
Warera bonbu no me niwa mienedo
Do not doubt that we, faithful believers of the Lotus Sutra, have the protection of the Gohonzon through day and night, even though we cannot see it.
Jyogan wo Goriyaku to nomi omounaya
Buji ni shingyo kore mo Goriyaku
You should not think that only the definite response is Goriyaku. While you engage in daily Buddhist practices and live a peaceful life, this is also Goriyaku (invisible, divine protection).