JAPANESE JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES

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Vol. 16 (1989) Shugendo

pp. 117-142 Gorai Shigeru : “Shugendo Lore”.

p.	secret song
125	hound-keeper of Iwata-gawa shot a boar under yew tree where 3 moons came to top of that tree
132	“Because it is the Womb Realm, one remains there nine months ... .Therefore the vagina (shokai ..., literally “birth-sea”) is called ... the land of bliss.”

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Vol. 24 (1997) Pilgrimage

pp. 26-29 human gestation, according to the Sangai Iss^inki

p.	month	embryo	deity
26	1^st	5-colored jellyfish	?
	2^nd	monk’s staff with 2 rings	Fudo Myoo
27		wishing-jewel finial on monk’s staff	S^aka
	3^rd	3-pronged vajra	?
	4^th	?	Fugen
28	7^th	trees on Mt. T>ai	medicine-buddha
	8^th	full moon	Vairocana
	9^th	5-pronged vajra	(grand shrine of Ise)
29		“the mother’s vulva the torii”
	10^th	birth = 84 hells

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Vol. 29 (2002)

pp. 1-33 Brian O. Ruppert : “Pearl in the Shrine”.

p. 19 mirrors of Izana-gi and of Izana-mi

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pp. 265-298 Fabio Rambelli : “The Reikiki and Initiations on Jingi Kanjo”.

p. 271, fn. 8 the 5 kami in each of 3 categories (heaven, man, earth) : 15

p. 271, fn. 10 the 24 main kami of the major shrine complexes

#	__ dai-myojin / dai-gongen / gongen / tenjin
1^st	Koya dm
2^nd	Kibune dm
3^rd	Inari dm
4^th	Gion dm
5^th	Tatsuta dm
6^th	Tateyama dm
7^th	Hakusan dm
8^th	Zao g
9^th	Kibitsu dm
10^th	Suwa dm
11^th	Kamo dm
12^th	Hirano dm
13^th	Hirota dm
14^th	Ohara dm
15^th	Atsuta dm
16^th	Kitano t
17^th	Sekisan dm
18^th	Hinosan dg
19^th	Aso dm
20^th	Sanno dg
21^st	Kitsuki dm
22^nd	Katori dm
23^rd	Kas^ima dm
24^th	Niu dm

p. 273 generation of deities from ritual implements

pp. 274-275 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd levels of s^into kanjo

p.	level	significance
274	sacred localization at 1^st level	“The cavern represents the Sacred Hall [s^inden] ... of the Inner Shrine; Tensho daijin inside the cavern is ... the tathagatagarbha”.
	ritual social aequality attained at 2^nd level	“commoners are on the same level as the emperor. As monks are on the same level as the Buddha, when commoners look at this altar they attain the imperial seat.”
275	internalization of deities at 3^rd level	“kami and buddhas are not external to us”

p. 279 formulae / spells [dharan.i-s] (according to the Amefudas^o)

spell	its significance
Vajra-dhatu VAM	given to the male, in Vajra realm
VAM HUM TRAS HRIS AS	“the single mind of sentient beings” {Yoga-acara}
VAM A VAM RAM HAM KHAM	“names represent the essence of things”
A VI RA HUM KHAM	transmitted by “heavenly ... Fire” to the female
A A AM AS AMS	transmitted to the male, in Womb realm
A VA RA HA KHA	“defined”
A RA PA CA NA	{alphabet used by the Sa-skya of gTsan}

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pp. 359-378 Mark McNally : The Sandaiko Debate”.

p. 370 differences in interpretations by the theologians Nakatsune and Atsutane

according to Nakatsune		according to Atsutane
fire	sun	water (because “clear and clean”)
water (cause of tides)	moon	fire

bridge	Heavenly Floating Bridge	“boat” (because other kami did not come via it)

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Vol. 31 (2006)