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	(Shōwa 6 [1931], inaugural April issue of ''Under the Banner of Revitalized Buddhism'')		(Shōwa 6 [1931], inaugural April issue of ''Under the Banner of Revitalized Buddhism'')

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	妹尾義郎「新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――」『新興佛教の旗の下に』創刊号、1931年（昭和6年）4月.		妹尾義郎「新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――」『新興佛教の旗の下に』創刊号、1931年（昭和6年）4月.
	~~Seno’o~~ Girō. “Shinkō Bukkyō undō no shinro: Issei ni butsuda no dai-sanka ni kaere” 新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ―― [“The Course of the Revitalized Buddhism Movement: Return Together beneath the Buddha’s Great Banner!”]. ''Shinkō Bukkyō no hata no moto ni'' 新興佛教の旗の下に, inaugural issue (April 1931).		[[Seno'o Girō]]. “Shinkō Bukkyō undō no shinro: Issei ni butsuda no dai-sanka ni kaere” 新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ―― [“The Course of the Revitalized Buddhism Movement: Return Together beneath the Buddha’s Great Banner!”]. ''Shinkō Bukkyō no hata no moto ni'' 新興佛教の旗の下に, inaugural issue (April 1931).

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	妹尾義郎「新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――」稲垣真美編『妹尾義郎宗教論集』東京：大蔵出版、1975年、255–259頁.		妹尾義郎「新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――」稲垣真美編『妹尾義郎宗教論集』東京：大蔵出版、1975年、255–259頁.
	~~Seno’o~~ Girō. “Shinkō Bukkyō undō no shinro: Issei ni Butsuda no dai-sanka ni kaere” 新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――. In ''Seno’o Girō shūkyō ronshū'' 妹尾義郎宗教論集, ed. Inagaki Masami, 255–259. Tokyo: Daizō Shuppan, 1975.		Seno'o Girō. “Shinkō Bukkyō undō no shinro: Issei ni Butsuda no dai-sanka ni kaere” 新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――. In ''Seno’o Girō shūkyō ronshū'' 妹尾義郎宗教論集, ed. Inagaki Masami, 255–259. Tokyo: Daizō Shuppan, 1975.

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	妹尾義郎「新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――」『新興佛教の旗の下に』創刊号、1931年（昭和6年）4月.		妹尾義郎「新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――」『新興佛教の旗の下に』創刊号、1931年（昭和6年）4月.

	Seno’o Girō. “Shinkō Bukkyō undō no shinro: Issei ni butsuda no dai-sanka ni kaere” 新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ―― [“The Course of the Revitalized Buddhism Movement: Return Together beneath the Buddha’s Great Banner!”]. ''Shinkō Bukkyō no hata no moto ni'' 新興佛教の旗の下に, inaugural issue (April 1931).		Seno’o Girō. “Shinkō Bukkyō undō no shinro: Issei ni butsuda no dai-sanka ni kaere” 新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ―― [“The Course of the Revitalized Buddhism Movement: Return Together beneath the Buddha’s Great Banner!”]. ''Shinkō Bukkyō no hata no moto ni'' 新興佛教の旗の下に, inaugural issue (April 1931).

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	妹尾義郎「新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――」稲垣真美編『妹尾義郎宗教論集』東京：大蔵出版、1975年、255–259頁.		妹尾義郎「新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――」稲垣真美編『妹尾義郎宗教論集』東京：大蔵出版、1975年、255–259頁.

	Seno’o Girō. “Shinkō Bukkyō undō no shinro: Issei ni Butsuda no dai-sanka ni kaere” 新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――. In ''Seno’o Girō shūkyō ronshū'' 妹尾義郎宗教論集, ed. Inagaki Masami, 255–259. Tokyo: Daizō Shuppan, 1975.		Seno’o Girō. “Shinkō Bukkyō undō no shinro: Issei ni Butsuda no dai-sanka ni kaere” 新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――. In ''Seno’o Girō shūkyō ronshū'' 妹尾義郎宗教論集, ed. Inagaki Masami, 255–259. Tokyo: Daizō Shuppan, 1975.

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	== Translation ==		== Translation ==
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	'''The Course of the Revitalized Buddhism Movement'''		'''The Course of the Revitalized Buddhism Movement'''
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	ought to act toward such established sects. Yes, these are matters that should by now lie beyond debate. '''There is only one answer: “Their destruction as quickly as possible, and a movement toward that end.” Is this not the mission entrusted to serious young Buddhists who seek once again to bring Buddhism to life in the modern age?'''		ought to act toward such established sects. Yes, these are matters that should by now lie beyond debate. '''There is only one answer: “Their destruction as quickly as possible, and a movement toward that end.” Is this not the mission entrusted to serious young Buddhists who seek once again to bring Buddhism to life in the modern age?'''
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	What, after all, does temple Buddhism bow its head before? The Buddha? No, no! In truth, does it not bow before its wealthy parishioners?		What, after all, does temple Buddhism bow its head before? The Buddha? No, no! In truth, does it not bow before its wealthy parishioners?
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	for a wisteria vine that has grown by entwining itself around a pine cannot leave the pine and stand independently.		for a wisteria vine that has grown by entwining itself around a pine cannot leave the pine and stand independently.
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	妹尾義郎「新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――」『新興佛教の旗の下に』創刊号、1931年（昭和6年）4月.		妹尾義郎「新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――」『新興佛教の旗の下に』創刊号、1931年（昭和6年）4月.
	Seno’o Girō. “Shinkō Bukkyō undō no shinro: Issei ni ~~Butsuda~~ no dai-sanka ni kaere” 新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ―― [“The Course of the Revitalized Buddhism Movement: Return Together beneath the Buddha’s Great Banner!”]. ''Shinkō Bukkyō no hata no moto ni'' 新興佛教の旗の下に, inaugural issue (April 1931).
			Seno’o Girō. “Shinkō Bukkyō undō no shinro: Issei ni butsuda no dai-sanka ni kaere” 新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ―― [“The Course of the Revitalized Buddhism Movement: Return Together beneath the Buddha’s Great Banner!”]. ''Shinkō Bukkyō no hata no moto ni'' 新興佛教の旗の下に, inaugural issue (April 1931).

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	妹尾義郎「新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――」稲垣真美編『妹尾義郎宗教論集』東京：大蔵出版、1975年、255–259頁.		妹尾義郎「新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――」稲垣真美編『妹尾義郎宗教論集』東京：大蔵出版、1975年、255–259頁.

	Seno’o Girō. “Shinkō Bukkyō undō no shinro: Issei ni Butsuda no dai-sanka ni kaere” 新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――. In ''Seno’o Girō shūkyō ronshū'' 妹尾義郎宗教論集, ed. Inagaki Masami, 255–259. Tokyo: Daizō Shuppan, 1975.		Seno’o Girō. “Shinkō Bukkyō undō no shinro: Issei ni Butsuda no dai-sanka ni kaere” 新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――. In ''Seno’o Girō shūkyō ronshū'' 妹尾義郎宗教論集, ed. Inagaki Masami, 255–259. Tokyo: Daizō Shuppan, 1975.

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	'''The Course of the Revitalized Buddhism Movement'''		'''The Course of the Revitalized Buddhism Movement'''
	'''—Return Together beneath the Buddha’s Great Banner!—'''		'''—Return Together beneath the Buddha’s Great Banner!—'''

	I wrote this short piece at the beginning of this year, when I had resolved to launch the Revitalized Buddhism movement, in response to a request from the Society for the Promotion of Buddhist Thought<ref>The Society for the Promotion of Buddhist Thought (Bukkyō Shisō Fukyūkai 佛教思想普及会) was an interwar lay association devoted to promoting modern, nonsectarian Buddhist thought. In early 1931, it solicited Seno’o’s views on the topic “Young Buddhists and the Established Buddhist Sects” (Seinen Bukkyōsha to Kisei Kyōdan (青年仏教者と既成教団), “Young Buddhists and the Established Buddhist Sects.” Seno’o regarded the resulting essay as the “first declaration” of his new movement and reprinted it at the beginning of the inaugural April 1931 issue of Under the Banner of Revitalized Buddhism (Shinkō Bukkyō no hata no moto ni 新興仏教の旗の下に).</ref> to state my views on the topic “Young Buddhists and the Established Buddhist Sects.” Space limitations forced me to be brief, but since this was, after all, my memorable first declaration of the new movement, I have decided to reproduce it here unchanged at the beginning of our ''Buddhist Banner''.		I wrote this short piece at the beginning of this year, when I had resolved to launch the Revitalized Buddhism movement, in response to a request from the Society for the Promotion of Buddhist Thought<ref>The Society for the Promotion of Buddhist Thought (Bukkyō Shisō Fukyūkai 佛教思想普及会) was an interwar lay association devoted to promoting modern, nonsectarian Buddhist thought. In early 1931, it solicited Seno’o’s views on the topic “Young Buddhists and the Established Buddhist Sects” (Seinen Bukkyōsha to Kisei Kyōdan 青年仏教者と既成教団), “Young Buddhists and the Established Buddhist Sects.” Seno’o regarded the resulting essay as the “first declaration” of his new movement and reprinted it at the beginning of the inaugural April 1931 issue of Under the Banner of Revitalized Buddhism (Shinkō Bukkyō no hata no moto ni 新興仏教の旗の下に).</ref> to state my views on the topic “Young Buddhists and the Established Buddhist Sects.” Space limitations forced me to be brief, but since this was, after all, my memorable first declaration of the new movement, I have decided to reproduce it here unchanged at the beginning of our ''Buddhist Banner''.

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	Consider, then, what inevitable fate awaits, now and into the future, the established Buddhist sects that have so completely betrayed and run counter to the true spirit of the Buddha. And consider how young Buddhists, whose defining characteristic should be their yearning for truth and love,		Consider, then, what inevitable fate awaits, now and into the future, the established Buddhist sects that have so completely betrayed and run counter to the true spirit of the Buddha. And consider how young Buddhists, whose defining characteristic should be their yearning for truth and love,

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	ought to act toward such established sects. Yes, these are matters that should by now lie beyond debate. '''There is only one answer: “Their destruction as quickly as possible, and a movement toward that end.” Is this not the mission entrusted to serious young Buddhists who seek once again to bring Buddhism to life in the modern age?'''		ought to act toward such established sects. Yes, these are matters that should by now lie beyond debate. '''There is only one answer: “Their destruction as quickly as possible, and a movement toward that end.” Is this not the mission entrusted to serious young Buddhists who seek once again to bring Buddhism to life in the modern age?'''
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	And yet they would presume to peddle the authority and supposed efficacy of religious movements just as they are—		And yet they would presume to peddle the authority and supposed efficacy of religious movements just as they are—

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	What, after all, does temple Buddhism bow its head before? The Buddha? No, no! In truth, does it not bow before its wealthy parishioners?		What, after all, does temple Buddhism bow its head before? The Buddha? No, no! In truth, does it not bow before its wealthy parishioners?
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	But can we really expect the established Buddhist sects to summon the courage and determination necessary to rise up for this great movement? I believe that would be as impossible a demand as insisting that a moneylender donate his entire fortune to charity—		But can we really expect the established Buddhist sects to summon the courage and determination necessary to rise up for this great movement? I believe that would be as impossible a demand as insisting that a moneylender donate his entire fortune to charity—

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	for a wisteria vine that has grown by entwining itself around a pine cannot leave the pine and stand independently.		for a wisteria vine that has grown by entwining itself around a pine cannot leave the pine and stand independently.
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	Young Buddhists! What do the Buddha—and the modern age—expect		Young Buddhists! What do the Buddha—and the modern age—expect

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	妹尾義郎「新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――」『新興佛教の旗の下に』創刊号、1931年（昭和6年）4月.		妹尾義郎「新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――」『新興佛教の旗の下に』創刊号、1931年（昭和6年）4月.
	Seno’o Girō. “Shinkō Bukkyō undō no shinro: Issei ni ~~butsuda~~ no dai-sanka ni kaere” 新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ―― [“The Course of the Revitalized Buddhism Movement: Return Together beneath the Buddha’s Great Banner!”]. ''Shinkō Bukkyō no hata no moto ni'' 新興佛教の旗の下に, inaugural issue (April 1931).		Seno’o Girō. “Shinkō Bukkyō undō no shinro: Issei ni Butsuda no dai-sanka ni kaere” 新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ―― [“The Course of the Revitalized Buddhism Movement: Return Together beneath the Buddha’s Great Banner!”]. ''Shinkō Bukkyō no hata no moto ni'' 新興佛教の旗の下に, inaugural issue (April 1931).

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	'''—Return Together beneath the Buddha’s Great Banner!—'''		'''—Return Together beneath the Buddha’s Great Banner!—'''

	I wrote this short piece at the beginning of this year, when I had resolved to launch the Revitalized Buddhism movement, in response to a request from the Society for the Promotion of Buddhist Thought<ref>The Society for the Promotion of Buddhist Thought (Bukkyō Shisō Fukyūkai 佛教思想普及会) was an interwar lay association devoted to promoting modern, nonsectarian Buddhist thought. In early 1931, it solicited Seno’o’s views on the topic “Young Buddhists and the Established Buddhist Sects” (Seinen Bukkyōsha to Kisei Kyōdan 青年仏教者と既成教団), “Young Buddhists and the Established Buddhist Sects.” Seno’o regarded the resulting essay as the “first declaration” of his new movement and reprinted it at the beginning of the inaugural April 1931 issue of Under the Banner of Revitalized Buddhism (Shinkō Bukkyō no hata no moto ni 新興仏教の旗の下に).</ref> to state my views on the topic “Young Buddhists and the Established Buddhist Sects.” Space limitations forced me to be brief, but since this was, after all, my memorable first declaration of the new movement, I have decided to reproduce it here unchanged at the beginning of our ''Buddhist Banner''.		I wrote this short piece at the beginning of this year, when I had resolved to launch the Revitalized Buddhism movement, in response to a request from the Society for the Promotion of Buddhist Thought<ref>The Society for the Promotion of Buddhist Thought (Bukkyō Shisō Fukyūkai 佛教思想普及会) was an interwar lay association devoted to promoting modern, nonsectarian Buddhist thought. In early 1931, it solicited Seno’o’s views on the topic “Young Buddhists and the Established Buddhist Sects” (Seinen Bukkyōsha to Kisei Kyōdan (青年仏教者と既成教団), “Young Buddhists and the Established Buddhist Sects.” Seno’o regarded the resulting essay as the “first declaration” of his new movement and reprinted it at the beginning of the inaugural April 1931 issue of Under the Banner of Revitalized Buddhism (Shinkō Bukkyō no hata no moto ni 新興仏教の旗の下に).</ref> to state my views on the topic “Young Buddhists and the Established Buddhist Sects.” Space limitations forced me to be brief, but since this was, after all, my memorable first declaration of the new movement, I have decided to reproduce it here unchanged at the beginning of our ''Buddhist Banner''.

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	妹尾義郎「新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――」『新興佛教の旗の下に』創刊号、1931年（昭和6年）4月.		妹尾義郎「新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――」『新興佛教の旗の下に』創刊号、1931年（昭和6年）4月.
			Seno’o Girō. “Shinkō Bukkyō undō no shinro: Issei ni butsuda no dai-sanka ni kaere” 新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ―― [“The Course of the Revitalized Buddhism Movement: Return Together beneath the Buddha’s Great Banner!”]. ''Shinkō Bukkyō no hata no moto ni'' 新興佛教の旗の下に, inaugural issue (April 1931).

	Seno’o Girō. “Shinkō Bukkyō undō no shinro: Issei ni butsuda no dai-sanka ni kaere” 新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――; The Course of the Revitalized Buddhism Movement: Return Together beneath the Buddha’s Great Banner! ''Shinkō Bukkyō no hata no moto ni'' (新興佛教の旗の下に), inaugural issue (April 1931).		'''Source text:'''

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	妹尾義郎「新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――」稲垣真美編『妹尾義郎宗教論集』東京：大蔵出版、1975年、255–259頁.		妹尾義郎「新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――」稲垣真美編『妹尾義郎宗教論集』東京：大蔵出版、1975年、255–259頁.
			Seno’o Girō. “Shinkō Bukkyō undō no shinro: Issei ni Butsuda no dai-sanka ni kaere” 新興佛教運動の進路――一斉に佛陀の大傘下に帰れ――. In ''Seno’o Girō shūkyō ronshū'' 妹尾義郎宗教論集, ed. Inagaki Masami, 255–259. Tokyo: Daizō Shuppan, 1975.

	Seno’o Girō. “Shinkō Bukkyō undō no shinro: Issei ni Butsuda no dai-sanka ni kaere.” In ''Seno’o Girō shūkyō ronshū'' 妹尾義郎宗教論集, ed. Inagaki Masami, 255–259. Tokyo: Daizō Shuppan, 1975.		<div class="noautonum">__TOC__</div>

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	I wrote this short piece at the beginning of this year, when I had resolved to launch the Revitalized Buddhism movement, in response to a request from the Society for the Promotion of Buddhist Thought<ref>The Society for the Promotion of Buddhist Thought (Bukkyō Shisō Fukyūkai 佛教思想普及会) was an interwar lay association devoted to promoting modern, nonsectarian Buddhist thought. In early 1931, it solicited Seno’o’s views on the topic “Young Buddhists and the Established Buddhist Sects” (Seinen Bukkyōsha to Kisei Kyōdan (青年仏教者と既成教団), “Young Buddhists and the Established Buddhist Sects.” Seno’o regarded the resulting essay as the “first declaration” of his new movement and reprinted it at the beginning of the inaugural April 1931 issue of Under the Banner of Revitalized Buddhism (Shinkō Bukkyō no hata no moto ni 新興仏教の旗の下に).</ref> to state my views on the topic “Young Buddhists and the Established Buddhist Sects.” Space limitations forced me to be brief, but since this was, after all, my memorable first declaration of the new movement, I have decided to reproduce it here unchanged at the beginning of our ''Buddhist Banner''.		'''The Course of the Revitalized Buddhism Movement'''
			'''—Return Together beneath the Buddha’s Great Banner!—'''

			I wrote this short piece at the beginning of this year, when I had resolved to launch the Revitalized Buddhism movement, in response to a request from the Society for the Promotion of Buddhist Thought<ref>The Society for the Promotion of Buddhist Thought (Bukkyō Shisō Fukyūkai 佛教思想普及会) was an interwar lay association devoted to promoting modern, nonsectarian Buddhist thought. In early 1931, it solicited Seno’o’s views on the topic “Young Buddhists and the Established Buddhist Sects” (Seinen Bukkyōsha to Kisei Kyōdan 青年仏教者と既成教団), “Young Buddhists and the Established Buddhist Sects.” Seno’o regarded the resulting essay as the “first declaration” of his new movement and reprinted it at the beginning of the inaugural April 1931 issue of Under the Banner of Revitalized Buddhism (Shinkō Bukkyō no hata no moto ni 新興仏教の旗の下に).</ref> to state my views on the topic “Young Buddhists and the Established Buddhist Sects.” Space limitations forced me to be brief, but since this was, after all, my memorable first declaration of the new movement, I have decided to reproduce it here unchanged at the beginning of our ''Buddhist Banner''.

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	But consider this: what was our teacher, the Buddha, actually like? How vastly different from the attitude of the established Buddhist sects was his call to break down class distinctions and establish equality among the four castes!<ref>Shisei 四姓 (“four castes/classes”) is the conventional East Asian Buddhist rendering of the four varṇa: brahmin, kṣatriya, vaiśya, and śūdra. Modern Japanese Buddhists frequently invoked the Buddha’s rejection of hereditary status distinctions as evidence of Buddhism’s fundamentally egalitarian character. Seno’o radicalizes this familiar claim by juxtaposing Buddhist equality with modern class hierarchy.</ref> Or consider the life of equality and self-governance in which all shared alike from a single alms bowl. What does such a life suggest to people today?		But consider this: what was our teacher, the Buddha, actually like? How vastly different from the attitude of the established Buddhist sects was his call to break down class distinctions and establish equality among the four castes!<ref>Shisei 四姓 (“four castes/classes”) is the conventional East Asian Buddhist rendering of the four varṇa: brahmin, kṣatriya, vaiśya, and śūdra. Modern Japanese Buddhists frequently invoked the Buddha’s rejection of hereditary status distinctions as evidence of Buddhism’s fundamentally egalitarian character. Seno’o radicalizes this familiar claim by juxtaposing Buddhist equality with modern class hierarchy.</ref> Or consider the life of equality and self-governance in which all shared alike from a single alms bowl. What does such a life suggest to people today?

	Consider, then, what inevitable fate awaits, now and into the future, the established Buddhist sects that have so completely betrayed and run counter to the true spirit of the Buddha. And consider how young Buddhists, whose defining characteristic should be their yearning for truth and love,…		Consider, then, what inevitable fate awaits, now and into the future, the established Buddhist sects that have so completely betrayed and run counter to the true spirit of the Buddha. And consider how young Buddhists, whose defining characteristic should be their yearning for truth and love,


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	~~…ought~~ to act toward such established sects. Yes, these are matters that should by now lie beyond debate. '''There is only one answer: “Their destruction as quickly as possible, and a movement toward that end.” Is this not the mission entrusted to serious young Buddhists who seek once again to bring Buddhism to life in the modern age?'''		ought to act toward such established sects. Yes, these are matters that should by now lie beyond debate. '''There is only one answer: “Their destruction as quickly as possible, and a movement toward that end.” Is this not the mission entrusted to serious young Buddhists who seek once again to bring Buddhism to life in the modern age?'''

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	At this, religious figures seized their opportunity and began shouting triumphantly that the fundamental reason these efforts had failed was an education that ignored religion. And so the call for religion has come to be loudly proclaimed throughout official and private circles alike. But look again! What must not be overlooked is the inner reality of the religious world itself. A vulgarity surpassing even the vulgar! Given the reality of these utterly corrupt established Buddhist sects, what shamelessness!		At this, religious figures seized their opportunity and began shouting triumphantly that the fundamental reason these efforts had failed was an education that ignored religion. And so the call for religion has come to be loudly proclaimed throughout official and private circles alike. But look again! What must not be overlooked is the inner reality of the religious world itself. A vulgarity surpassing even the vulgar! Given the reality of these utterly corrupt established Buddhist sects, what shamelessness!

	And yet they would presume to peddle the authority and supposed efficacy of religious movements just as they ~~are.~~		And yet they would presume to peddle the authority and supposed efficacy of religious movements just as they are—


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	What, after all, does temple Buddhism bow its head before? The Buddha? No, no! In truth, does it not bow before its wealthy parishioners?		What, after all, does temple Buddhism bow its head before? The Buddha? No, no! In truth, does it not bow before its wealthy parishioners?
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	But can we really expect the established Buddhist sects to summon the courage and determination necessary to rise up for this great movement? I believe that would be as impossible a demand as insisting that a moneylender donate his entire fortune to ~~charity…~~		But can we really expect the established Buddhist sects to summon the courage and determination necessary to rise up for this great movement? I believe that would be as impossible a demand as insisting that a moneylender donate his entire fortune to charity—

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	~~'''[p. 258]'''~~		for a wisteria vine that has grown by entwining itself around a pine cannot leave the pine and stand independently.

	~~…for~~ a wisteria vine that has grown by entwining itself around a pine cannot leave the pine and stand independently.

	New wine cannot be poured into old wineskins.<ref>An allusion to the Synoptic Gospels (Matt. 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37–38). Seno’o repurposes the Christian image to argue that a revitalized Buddhism cannot be contained within inherited sectarian institutions.</ref> Unless all the filthy water and mud are first emptied from a putrid old pond, no fresh spring can well up. Indeed, the established Buddhist sects have become like stagnant, putrid water and mud, far too corrupted for a little filtration to satisfy the thirst and deprivation of the masses today. This is precisely why all the established Buddhist sects must be rejected. We must instead return directly to the original wellspring of the Buddha, draw once more upon the ever-flowing fountain of love and truth, and work toward the realization of a society founded upon mutual love among our fellow human beings, communal ownership, and shared prosperity.		New wine cannot be poured into old wineskins.<ref>An allusion to the Synoptic Gospels (Matt. 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37–38). Seno’o repurposes the Christian image to argue that a revitalized Buddhism cannot be contained within inherited sectarian institutions.</ref> Unless all the filthy water and mud are first emptied from a putrid old pond, no fresh spring can well up. Indeed, the established Buddhist sects have become like stagnant, putrid water and mud, far too corrupted for a little filtration to satisfy the thirst and deprivation of the masses today. This is precisely why all the established Buddhist sects must be rejected. We must instead return directly to the original wellspring of the Buddha, draw once more upon the ever-flowing fountain of love and truth, and work toward the realization of a society founded upon mutual love among our fellow human beings, communal ownership, and shared prosperity.
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	Indeed, the entire Buddhist canon constitutes a vast cultural system differentiated from the Buddha’s love and insight—insight into emptiness.<ref>Seno’o here glosses ninshiki 認識 (“cognition,” “recognition,” or “understanding”) with kūkan 空観, the Buddhist “contemplation/insight into emptiness.” His pairing of ai 愛 (“love”) and ninshiki 認識 is characteristic: Buddhist awakening entails both an affective commitment to others and a correct apprehension of reality.</ref> For those who return to the Buddha’s love and insight, there is no longer any reason to cling to the forms of the various sects, whose differences are minor beside their fundamental similarities, or endlessly perpetuate sectarian prejudices of exclusion and self-exaltation.		Indeed, the entire Buddhist canon constitutes a vast cultural system differentiated from the Buddha’s love and insight—insight into emptiness.<ref>Seno’o here glosses ninshiki 認識 (“cognition,” “recognition,” or “understanding”) with kūkan 空観, the Buddhist “contemplation/insight into emptiness.” His pairing of ai 愛 (“love”) and ninshiki 認識 is characteristic: Buddhist awakening entails both an affective commitment to others and a correct apprehension of reality.</ref> For those who return to the Buddha’s love and insight, there is no longer any reason to cling to the forms of the various sects, whose differences are minor beside their fundamental similarities, or endlessly perpetuate sectarian prejudices of exclusion and self-exaltation.

	Young Buddhists! What do the Buddha—and the modern ~~age—expect…~~		Young Buddhists! What do the Buddha—and the modern age—expect


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	~~…of~~ us?		of us?

	'''Young Buddhists! Resolutely cast off the shackles of tradition. Return to the Buddha. Return together beneath the Buddha’s great banner! Join hands and spur one another onward; guided by burning love and clear-eyed insight, advance toward the transformation of capitalist society, the fundamental cause of the anxieties of our age! This is the Buddhist revival movement—in name and in reality—required for the salvation of our age, and it must be the one mission entrusted to us.'''		'''Young Buddhists! Resolutely cast off the shackles of tradition. Return to the Buddha. Return together beneath the Buddha’s great banner! Join hands and spur one another onward; guided by burning love and clear-eyed insight, advance toward the transformation of capitalist society, the fundamental cause of the anxieties of our age! This is the Buddhist revival movement—in name and in reality—required for the salvation of our age, and it must be the one mission entrusted to us.'''

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