Sand and pebbles : (Shasekishu) ; the tales of Muju Ichien, a voice for pluralism in Kamakura Buddhism

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Sand and Pebbles (Shasekishu*) CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABBREVIATIONS CHRONOLOGY INTRODUCTION PART I. MUJU* ICHIEN (1226-1312) "No Fixed Abode": 1226-1261 Choboji*: 1262-1312 Deed of Transfer (Yuzurijo*) Muju's* World of Ideas PART II. SAND AND PEBBLES (SHASEKISHU*) Translations and Summaries Collection of Sand and Pebbles Prologue 1:1 The Great Shrine at Ise 1:2 The Venerable Gedatsubo* of Kasagi's Pilgrimage to the Great Shrine 1:3 Praying to the Gods for Release from Birth-and-Death 1:4 The Gods Esteem Compassion 1:5 The Gods Esteem Those with Wisdom and Compassion 1:6 Profound is the Grace of the Gods Who Soften their Light 1:7 The Native Gods Esteem the Sincere Desire for Enlightenment 1:8 The Dubious Custom of Presenting the Gods with Offerings of Living Beings 1:9 Delusion Checked by the Accommodations of the Gods Who Soften their Light 1:10 A Pure Land Devotee Punished for Slighting the Gods 2:1 The Man Who Was Vouchsated a Relic of the Buddha 2:2 The Efficacy of the Buddha of Healing 2:3 The Efficacy of Amida 2:4 The Efficacy of Yakushi and Kannon 2:5 Jizo* Nurses the Sick 2:6 Various Favors of the Bodhisattva Jizo* 2:7 The Blessings of Fudo* 2:8 Maitreya's Ascetic 2:9 The Vicarious Suffering of the Bodhisattva 2:10 Karmic Affinities with the Buddha's Law not without Effect 3:1 The Epileptic's Clever Remark 3:2 The Man Who Lost a Lawsuit on Purpose 3:3 The Conversation between Gon'yubo* and his Younger Sister, the Lady-in-Waiting 3:4 Good and Bad Distinguished in the Dialogues of the Zen Masters 3:5 The Discrepancy between Doctrine and Practice among the Vinaya Scholars 3:6 Good Advice from a Child 3:7 A Story about Confucius 3:8 The Discourse of the Sage of Toga-no-o 4:1 The Silent Clerics 4:2 The Monk Who Had Children 4:3 The Monk Who was Nursed by His Daughter 4:4 The Monk Who Encouraged Marriage 4:5 The Wife Who was an Impediment in the Final Hour 4:6 The Monk Whose Wife Tried To Kill Him 4:7 One Should Be Wary of Attachment at the Time of Death 4:8 The Monk Who Drowned Himself 4:9 One Who Would Aspire to Enlightenment Should Cast Off Attachment 5A:1 The Tendai Scholar Who Escaped the Demon-Sickness 5A:2 The Benefit of Expounding the Perfect and Sudden Teaching 5A:3 The Scholar Who Was Reborn as a Beast 5A:4 The Compassionate Man Who Avoided the Demon-Sickness 5A:5 The Scholar Dispels Ill-will 5A:6 The Scholar Who Had Distorted Views 5A:7 The Scholar Who Neglected Worldly Affairs 5A:8 The Discussion of the Ant and Tick Scholars 5A:9 The Scholars Who Composed Verse 5A:10 The Scholar Who Took Everything as a Philosophical Argument 5A:11 The Scholar Who Loved Poetry 5A:12 The Profound Reason for the Way of Poetry 5B:l The Gods Help People in Response to their Poetry 5B:2 The Admiration Which People Have Felt for Poetry 5B:3 Poems Composed in the Spirit of the Man'yoshu* 5B:4 About Saigyo* 5B:5 Poems in Dreams 5B:6 Losing One's Life Over Poetry 5B:7 Linked Verse 5B:8 Poems With a Deeper Significance 5B:9 Poems of Sorrow 5B:10 The Avatars Delight in Poetry 5B:11 The Hymn about Gyogi* Bosatsu 6:1 The Preacher Who Was Taken the Wrong Way by his Patron 6:2 The Nun who Praised a Preacher 6:3 The Preacher's Poor Choice of Words 6:4 A Humble Donation for a Preacher 6:5 The Long Sermon 6:6 Speaking to Donors According to Circumstances 6:7 The Lecturer's Happy Remark 6:8 The Preacher Who Praised a Breaking of Wind 6:9 Benefit from Abuse at an Expounding of the Precepts293 6:10 The Preacher Who Fell Among Thieves 6:11 The Robber Who Inquired About the Sacred Teaching 6:12 The Lowly Monk's Temple Dedication 6:13 Taking the Donation Without Giving the Sermon 6:14 The Sermon at Saga 6:15 Shogaku's* Remarks Toward a Donor 6:16 Nosetsubo's* Sermon 6:17 Preaching for a Livelihood 6:18 The Power of the Surplice 7:1 Two Whose Hearts Were Free of Envy 7:2 The Girl Who Became a Serpent Through Delusive Attachment 7:3 The Woman Who Tried to Marry Her Stepdaughter to a Serpent 7:4 The Snake Who Violated a Man's Wife 7:5 The Man Who Died Suddenly After Killing a Snake 7:6 A Jealous Woman's Possession by an Avenging Spirit 7:7 Retribution for Killing a Man 7:8 Wickedness Requited 7:9 The Rewards of Past Karma 7:10 Killing One's Parent of a Former Life 7:11 A Heartless Layman 7:12 The Falconer Who Was Devoured by Pheasants 7:13 The Recompense for Killing Young Chickens 7:14 Killing a Mandarin Duck308 7:15 Animals Also Have Understanding 7:16 The Man Who Burned the Sutras 7:17 The Nun Who Blackened the Buddha's Nose 7:18 The Stupid Monk Who Became an Ox 7:19 The Shingon Retribution 7:20 The Goblin Who Taught a Man Shingon 7:21 Attachment Dissolved by the Dharma 7:22 Poverty Expelled 7:23 The Man Who Sold His Ears 7:24 The Efficacy of Shingon 7:25 Priest Former-Life 8:1 Chukan* 8:2 Chiumbo* of the Kofukuji* 8:3 Iyobo* 8:4 The Man Who Did Not Know His Own Horse 8:5 Exchanging Horses 8:6 A Bad Buy in a Horse 8:7 The Man Who Did Not Understand About Riding a Horse 8:8 A Discrepancy Between Intentions and Words 8:9 Discrepancy Between Beginning and End 8:10 The Apprentice-Monk's Wit 8:11 The Page Who Ate the Rice-Jelly323 8:12 The Princess 8:13 The Nun's Name325 8:14 The Servant Who Acted Foolishly 8:15 A Ridiculous Commoner 8:16 A Clever Fellow326 8:17 Spirited Behavior 8:18 The Foolish Boy 8:19 The Monk Who Took a Boat 8:20 The Boatman Who Rode a Horse 8:21 The Monk Who Concealed His Age 8:22 The Monk Who Did Not Know the Way of Death 8:23 The Man Who Had His Teeth Pulled 9:1 An Honest Woman 9:2 Upright Layman 9:3 A Couple Which Was Rewarded for Being Upright 9:4 A Man of Good Will 9:5 The Deceased Father Who Directed His Son to Return a Borrowed Item 9:6 The Young Sons Who Slew Their Father's Enemy 9:7 A Man Loyal and Filial Toward His Mother 9:8 The Child Who Supported His Blind Mother 9:9 The Boy Who Sold Himself to Support His Mother 9:10 A Daughter's Prayer Reveals the Place of Her Mother's Rebirth 9:11 The Man Who Prospered Through Loyalty to His Superior 9:12 The Man Who Prospered Through Treating a Friend Justly 9:13 Respect for the Teacher 10A:l The Hermit Jodobo* 10A:2 The Yoshino Temple-bailiffs Who Became Recluses 10A:3 Soshumbo* Becomes a Recluse 10A:4 The Householders Who Became Recluses 10A:5 The Priest of the Kanshoji* 10A:6 The Robber-Monk with Religious Aspirations 10A:7 Religious Awakening from an Evil Influence355 10A:8 Shogatsubo's* Abandoning the World 10A:9 The Amida Welcome Service358 10A:10 The Man Who Fell into an Evil Path through Attachment 10B:1 The Spirit Versed in Buddhism Which Possessed a Woman 10B:2 The Man Who Understood the Underlying Purpose of the Various Sects 10B:3 People Who Died Auspiciously Felicitous Final Moments Among Followers of the Kenninji The Venerable Hosshimbo* Epilogue PART III. CASUAL DIGRESSIONS (ZOTANSHU*) Selected Translations Collection of Casual Digressions (Zotanshu*) 2:3 The Monkeys' Religious Service374 2:4 Pickled Eggplants 5:1 Wealth from a Stalk of Straw375 9:10 The Confidence Game Appendix A. Two Tokugawa Biographers: Kenryo* and Tainin A. Kenryo's* Biographical Sketch 378 B. Tainin's Religious Traces 380 Appendix B. Muju's* Doctrinal Affiliations Appendix C. Muju* and the Esotericism of the Samboin* School Appendix D. Yamada Family Genealogy NOTES GLOSSARY OF SELECTED TERMS GLOSSARY OF SELECTED CHARACTERS SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Texts of Muju's* Works 1. Collection of Sand and Pebbles (Shasekishu*, 1279-83) Unabbreviated Versions (kohon*) Abbreviated Versions (ryakuhon) 2. Collection of Sacred Assets (Shozaishu*, 1299) 3. Mirror for Women (Tsuma kagami, 1300) 4. Collection of Casual Digressions (Zotanshu*, 1305) 5. Deed of Transfer (Yuzurijo*, 1305); Record of a Dream (Muso* no koto, 1305?) GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z