慈性山 安立院

［縁起］
元応2年（1320）以前の開創。本門寺2世 日朗聖人の直弟子日澄聖人の開創。もとは本門寺裏門の前にあり上之坊と称した。日澄聖人は池上宗仲公が館を寄進して大坊本行寺を建立したとき、招かれて事実上の開山となり、上之坊を弟子の日恩聖人に譲った。後に荒廃したが、元治元年（1864）本門寺54世 日英聖人により再建された。隣接の自證坊を江戸期に合併したと伝えられる。
 
［住職からのメッセージ］
現在の世の中、私たち人間の「良心」の存在が問われています。日蓮聖人のお言葉に「蔵の財よりも身の財  身の財よりも心の財  第一なり」とあります。どのような時もやさしい心を忘れない人間でありたいものです。

【Origins】
This temple was founded sometime before 1320. The second Chief Abbot of Honmonji Temple, Nichiro Shonin’s disciple, Nitcho Shonin founded the temple. Originally, it was located in front of the back gate of Honmonji Temple, and it was called Uenobo. When Ikegami Munenaka, a wealthy feudal lord donated his house and built Daibo Hongyoji Temple, Nitcho Shonin was invited and became a founder of Daibo Hongyoji Temple. Nitcho Shonin turned over Uenobo to his disciple Nichion Shonin. Later, the temple was ruined, but it was rebuilt by the 54th Chief Abbot of Honmonji Temple, Nichiei Shonin. It is said that Anryuin Temple merged with the neighboring temple, Jishobo, in the Edo period.
 
 
【Message from the Chief Priest】
In today’s world, the existence of conscience is being questioned. In Nichiren Shonin’s words, “The most important thing is the property of the heart, not the property of a warehouse or the body.” At all times, should be kind-hearted people.
 

【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.