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小野流

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Basic Meaning: Ono School

Senses:

  • Onoryū. The Ono school is one of two major streams (the other being the Hirosawa school) within Shingon Buddhism 眞言宗 in Japan. The Ono school is characterized by emphasis on ascetic practices (shugyō 修行) and orally transmitted commentaries (kuden 口傳), whereas The Hirosawa school tends to emphasize textual study and written ritual commentaries (giki 羲軌). Though certainly the Hirosawa and Ono schools are different, much of what distinguishes them is lineage. The monk Yakushin 益信 (827–906) is viewed as the founder of the Hirosawa, whereas the founder of the Ono is understood to be Shōbō 聖寶 (822–909). Both men received Dharma transmissions from Gennin 原仁, but also from at least one other teacher. Shōbō took the tonsure under Shinga 眞雅, and then received Dharma transmission initiations from both Gennin and Shinzen 眞然. Thus his Shingon lineages run Kūkai 空海—Shinzen—Shōbō and Kūkai—Shinga—Gennin—Shōbō. Shōbō engaged in ascetic practices in the mountains, and tends to be viewed as one of the founders of Shūgendō. Ties to Shūgendō are still strong in the Ono school, particularly in the Sambōin school (see below).
    After Shōbō, the Ono lineage continues as follows: Shobo—Kangen 觀賢—Shunnyū 淳祐—-Gengō 元杲—Ningai 仁海. It was actually under Ningai (950s-1046) that the Ono school as such was established over and against the Hirosawa school. In 991, Ningai founded Mandaradera 曼荼羅寺 at the Ono property in Kyōto. The locale became the schoolʼs namesake.
    The Ono school is comprised of six sub-schools, called schools here for the sake of differentiation. They were all founded by post-Ningai lineages. After Ningai, one Ono lineage runs: Ningai—Seison 成尊—Hanshun 範俊—Genkaku 嚴覺—Sōi 宗意—Kanshin 寬信—Zōshun 增俊. Another runs Seison—Gihan 義範—Shōkaku 勝覺. This means that Ningaiʼs disciples Hanshun and Gihan each began a branch lineage. The six Ono schools and their founders are as follows. Sōi started the Anjōji 安祥寺 sect; Kanshin started the Kajūji 勸修寺 sect; Zōshun started the Zuishinin 隨心院 sect. Shōkaku started the Sambōin 三寶院 sect, and then Kengaku 賢覺 and Shōken 聖賢, both of whom were Shōkakuʼs disciples, started the Rishōin and Kongōōin schools respectively. These last three schools are collectively known as the Daigoji schools, because their namesake halls are all at Daigoji. [Heather Blair]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 102

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 93

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) ---/254

    Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) ①333c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)358a,2033c,3912c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1873-3

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2005-10-20