Yumo Matsuoka
Matsuoka Essay
The Meaning in Faith of the Present-day Taiseki-ji School’s Transfer of the Heritage of the Law through the Sole Lineage of Its Successive High Priests
Do you adopt the Gakkai’s position that Nichikan’s view of the Gohonzon is the ultimate teaching of Nichiren? Or, choose the current contention of the Nichiren Shoshu priesthood that only the high priest of Nichiren Shoshu possesses the heritage of the Law? Reformist priest Yumo Matsuoka re-analyzes the doctrinal writings of Nichikan Shonin, one of the great thinkers in Nichiren Buddhism.
(Gendai no Taiseki-ji Monryu ni Okeru Yuiju Ichinin Sojo no Shinkojo no Igi — Sandaihihogi no Rironteki Kokai Katei ni Kansuru Kosatsu o Fumaete)
By Yumo Matsuoka
Association of Youthful Priests Dedicated to the Reformation of Nichiren Shoshu (Seinen Soryo Kaikaku Domei)
Note: This thesis was first published in The Journal of Oriental Studies (Toyo Tetsugaku Kenkyu Sho Kiyo), the organ magazine of the Institute of Oriental Philosophy, vol. 20 (2004-12). An official standard version of this thesis in Japanese is on the official website of the Association of Youthful Priests for the Reformation of Nichiren Shoshu.