長栄山 池上本門寺

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［縁起］
弘安5年（1282）9月日蓮聖人は9年間住みなれた身延山を下り、病気療養のため常陸の湯に向かう途中、池上宗仲公の館で病が重くなり足を留められた。そのとき、宗仲・宗長兄弟が寄進した山上のお堂を「長栄山本門寺」と命名し開堂供養をされたのが本門寺のはじまりである。日蓮聖人は10月13日に御入滅されたが、「日蓮聖人御入滅の霊場」として第二祖日朗聖人以来七百余年の法灯を伝えている。
 
［住職からのメッセージ］
池上本門寺は、幼少年期からご高齢の方まで全ての人に開かれているお寺です。子どもさん用、大人向けの活動を行っております。緑と人情豊かな池上のお山にお参り下さい。

【Origins】
In September 1282, Nichiren Shonin, who was ill, left Mt. Minobu after staying there for 9 years for recuperation at a hot spring. On his way to the Hitachi domain, his condition got worse, and he stayed at the house of Ikegami Munenaka, a wealthy feudal load and faithful follower.
While there, he developed “Choeizan-Honmonji Temple.”
Nichiren Shonin passed away on October 13. Honmonji Temple has functioned as the sacred place where the founder passed away for more than 700 years.
＊“Choeizan” is a sango (literally, “mountain name”), which is the honorific title prefixed to the name of Buddhist temple.

【Message from the Chief Priest】
Ikegami Honmonji is open to all people, young and old, and provides many kinds of activities for them. Please visit Ikegami and pray, and you can feel the warmth of humanity at Honmonji.

【A brief explanation of Nichiren Shonin and Ikegami 】

Nichiren Shonin (1222－1282) was a priest in the mid-Kamakura period and founder of the Nichiren Shu of Buddhism. “Shonin” means a “reverend priest.”
Nichiren Shu is a Buddhist Order that was founded more than 750 years ago. “Shu” simply means “Order.”
Nichiren Shonin founded Ikegami Honmonji Temple just before his death in October of 1282 at the request of Ikegami Munenaka, a wealthy feudal load and faithful follower.