わたしは「般若心経」を暗誦できます。なぜか学生時代に学生運動から離脱した当時、このお経の経文を研究して見たいと思って、まったく宗教とは無縁に勝手に書物を読んで学んでいた次第。どうも○○主義というのには、他者否定、強い他者攻撃の思想が強くて、それは結局人間を「悲しくさせる」のではないかという心理を持っていた。そのことから、多くの仏教の宗派を超えて「真言」とされている「般若心経」の明快さに惹かれていったのだと思っています。とくに最後のくだりは強く勇気づけられると思った。
　で、この河野氏からは1239年に「踊り念仏」で有名になった行動的宗教者である一遍上人が出生している。承久の乱（1221年）に際しての河野氏の没落時、一族で仏門に入っていた流れがその後、家門の再生を祈念して「還俗」した一統があって、一遍はこの一統に生まれていた。10歳で一度仏門に入ったけれど、その後還俗して武士になっていた。
以下Wiki記述。 〜一遍は、1221年承久の乱により没落した伊予国の豪族の河野家の次男として1239年に生まれる。1248年に仏門に入り、1251年からは太宰府の聖達上人の元で浄土教を学んだ。1262年に父の訃報を受けると、一度故郷に帰り半僧半俗の生活を続けていたが、1271年に33歳で再出家し、1274年より全ての財産を捨て一族とも別れ 16年間の遊行の旅に出る。〜
　時系列で見ると、この一遍の行動は微妙に「元寇」の歴史進行と重なる。第１回の元寇・文永の役が1274年であり、そして1281年が第２回の弘安の役。この時期に河野氏一族は、弘安の役で大きな勲功をあげた人物もあらわれるなか、一方の一遍は「踊り念仏」という社会運動を行っていることになる。そして一遍は全国への遊行のなかで、承久の乱で没落し奥州・平泉に流されそこで客死した河野氏一族の宗家の立場の祖父・河野通信の墓参も果たしている。
　この時代の世相の中でこのような行動に駆られた人物の内面はどうだったのだろうと妄想が膨らんでくる。非業に倒れた祖父への尊愛は表しながら、一族が家運再興を賭けた元寇での軍事行動には背を向けている。なにやら歴史ドラマと人間ドラマが輻輳していて、NHK大河ドラマにでもなりそうだ。般若心経につづいてライフテーマとして一遍研究もしておく必要があるだろうか？（笑）。
　
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Ippen Shonin, a member of the Iyo Kono clan, was born in the Kamakura and Genko periods.
The religious movement known as the “Dancing Religion” developed as a social movement during the Kamakura and Genko periods. The religious movement called “Dancing Religion” developed as a social movement during the Kamakura and Gemko periods. …

　I can recite the Heart Sutra. For some reason, when I was a student and left the student movement, I wanted to study the text of this sutra, so I took the liberty of reading and studying it without any religious affiliation at all. Apparently, XX-ism has a strong idea of denying others and strongly attacking others, and I had the psychological impression that this would eventually “make” people sad. I believe this is why I was attracted to the clarity of the “Heart Sutra,” which is considered a “true word” that transcends many Buddhist sects. In particular, I found the last passage to be strongly encouraging.
　So, from this Kono clan was born Ippen Shonin, an action-oriented religious leader who became famous for his “Dancing Nembutsu” in 1239. Ippen was born into a lineage in which a member of the Kono clan who had entered Buddhism at the time of the fall of the Kono clan during the Jokyu Rebellion (1221) was later “returned to secularity” in order to pray for the rebirth of the family.
The following is a Wiki description. 〜Ippen was born in 1239 as the second son of the Kono family, a powerful family in Iyo Province that fell during the Jokyu Rebellion in 1221. 1248 he entered Buddhism, and from 1251 studied Pure Land Buddhism under Seidatsu Shonin in Dazaifu. 1262, after his father died, he returned home and lived a half-monk, half-folk life. 1271 In 1271, at the age of 33, he re-entered the priesthood, and from 1274, he left all his possessions and family to embark on a 16-year pilgrimage. ~…
　In chronological order, Ippen’s actions subtly coincide with the progression of the history of the “Genko” invasion. The first “Genko” (Genko) was in 1274, and the second “Kouan” (Kouan) in 1281. During this period, some members of the Kono clan were highly decorated for their deeds during the Koan War, while Ippen was engaged in a social movement called “Odori Nembutsu” (dancing Buddhist chanting). During his travels throughout Japan, Ippen also visited the grave of his grandfather, Kono Tsushin, a member of the Kono clan who had fallen in the Jokyu War and was exiled to Hiraizumi, Oshu, where he died as a guest.
　One can only wonder what was going on inside the mind of a person who was driven to such an action in the midst of the world of this era. While expressing respect and love for his grandfather who had fallen tragically, he turned his back on the military action during the Genko Incursion, in which his family staked its claim to revive the family fortunes. The story is a convergence of historical drama and human drama, and could easily be made into an NHK historical drama. I wonder if I should follow the Hannya Shingyo and study Ippen as a life theme? (Laughs).
　
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Posted on 6月 10th, 2025 by 三木 奎吾
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