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  • icchantika

    [一闡提] (;  issendai)

  • ichinen

    [一念] (; Chin i-nien)

  • ichinen-sanzen

    [一念三千] ()

  • I-ching

    [義浄] (635–713) (PY Yijing;  Gijō)

  • Ichinosawa, the lay priest

    [一谷入道] (d. 1278) ( Ichinosawa-nyūdō)

  • ignorance

    [無明] ( avidyā; Pali avijjā;  mumyō)

  • I-hsing

    [一行] (683–727) (PY Yixing;  Ichigyō)

  • Ikegami Munenaga

    [池上宗長] (d. 1283)

  • Ikegami Munenaka

    [池上宗仲] (d. 1293)

  • Ikegami Transfer Document, The

    [池上相承書] ( Ikegami-sōjō-sho)

  • Ikkō school

    [一向宗] ( Ikkō-shū)

  • illusions of thought and desire

    [見思惑] ( kenji-waku)

  • I-lung

    [遺竜] (n.d.) (PY Yilong;  Iryō)

  • Immeasurable Meanings Sutra

    [無量義経] (Chin Wu-liang-i-ching;  Muryōgi-kyō)

  • Immovable

    (1) [不動明王] ( Achala or Achalanātha;  Fudō-myō’ō); (2) [不動仏] ( Fudō-butsu); (3) [不動智仏] ( Fudōchi-butsu)

  • Immovable Wisdom

    [不動智仏] ( Fudōchi-butsu)

  • immutable karma

    [定業] ( jōgō)

  • impure land

    [穢土] ( edo)

  • Inaba-bō

    [因幡房] (n.d.)

  • inclusion of Buddhahood in the nine worlds

    [九界即仏界・九界所具の仏界] ( kukai-soku-bukkai or kukai-shogu-no-bukkai)

  • inclusion of the nine worlds in Buddhahood

    [仏界即九界・仏界所具の九界] ( bukkai-soku-kukai or bukkai-shogu-no-kukai)

  • inconspicuous benefit

    [冥益] ( myōyaku)

  • incorrigible disbelief, persons of

    [一闡提] ( issendai)

  • Increase and Growth

    [増長天] ( Virūdhaka;  Zōjō-ten or Zōchō-ten)

  • Increasing by One Āgama Sutra

    [増一阿含経] (Chin Tseng-i-a-han-ching;  Zōichi-agon-gyō)

  • independent of words or writing

    [不立文字] ( furyū-monji)

  • Indra

    [因陀羅] (;  Indara)

  • Indra’s net

    [因陀羅網・帝網] ( Indra-jāla;  Indara-mō or Tai-mō)

  • indriya

    [根] (, Pali;  kon)

  • inferior manifested body

    [劣応身] ( retsu-ōjin)

  • Infinite Life

    [無量寿仏] ( Muryōju-butsu)

  • Infinite Light

    [無量光仏] ( Muryōkō-butsu)

  • Ingen

    [隠元] (1592–1673) (; Chin Yin-yüan)

  • inherent enlightenment

    [本覚] ( hongaku)

  • initial stage of rejoicing

    [初随喜品・初随喜] ( shozuiki-hon or shozuiki)

  • insentient beings

    [非情] ( hijō)

  • integration of the three mystic principles

    [三妙合論] ( sammyō-gōron)

  • Interfusing Nembutsu school

    [融通念仏宗] ( Yūzū Nembutsu-shū)

  • internal strife

    [自界叛逆難] ( jikai-hongyaku-nan)

  • “Introduction” chapter

    [序品] ( Jo-hon)

  • Invincible

    [無勝童子] ( Mushō-dōji)

  • Ippen

    [一遍] (1239–1289)

  • Iron Encircling Mountains

    [鉄囲山・鉄輪囲山] ( Chakravāda-parvata or Chakravāda;  Tetchi-sen or Tetsurin’i-sen)

  • Īshāna

    [伊舎那天] (;  Ishana-ten)

  • Ishikawa Monastery

    [石川精舎] ( Ishikawa-shōja)

  • Ishikawa no Hyōe, the lay priest

    [石河の兵衛入道] (n.d.) ( Ishikawa no Hyōe-nyūdō)

  • Izu Exile

    [伊豆流罪] ( Izu-ruzai)

Ikegami Munenaka [池上宗仲] (d. 1293): A follower of Nichiren. His full name and title were Ikegami Uemon no Tayū Munenaka. He was the elder son of Ikegami Saemon no Tayū Yasumitsu (also, Ikegami Saemon no Taifu Yasumitsu), who held an important post in the Office of Construction and Repairs of the Kamakura shogunate. Munenaka is thought to have become Nichiren’s follower around 1256, and his younger brother, Munenaga, shortly thereafter. Their father, Yasumitsu, was an earnest supporter of Ryōkan, chief priest of Gokuraku-ji temple of the True Word Precepts (Shingon–Ritsu) school, and vehemently opposed their beliefs for more than twenty years. When Munenaka refused to renounce his faith in Nichiren’s teachings in 1275, Yasumitsu disowned him. Nichiren sent a letter to Munenaka and Munenaga, titled Letter to the Brothers, encouraging them to unite their efforts and persist in faith. Around 1276 Munenaka was forgiven, but the next year, he was disowned again. Although Munenaka faced this hardship courageously, his younger brother, Munenaga, seems to have wavered in his faith for a while. During this trying period, Nichiren sent the brothers and their wives letters of guidance and encouragement. In 1278 the brothers finally succeeded in converting their father to Nichiren’s teachings. Nichiren died in Munenaka’s residence in Ikegami in present-day Tokyo in 1282.


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