Konkokyo Kyoten

The is the main religious scripture of Konkokyo, a Shinto-derived Japanese religion founded in 1859 by (1814–1883). Konkōkyō Kyōten is a compilation of various writings composed by Konkō Daijin and his disciples during the second half of the 19th century.

Contents

The Konkōkyō Kyōten (金光教教典) is Konkokyo's primary scripture. It consists of three parts, of which the third part, Kyōten Gorikai (金光大神御理解集, "Teachings of Konko Daijin"), is the largest one.

1. Kyōten Konkō Daijin Oboegaki (金光大神御覚書, "Memoirs of Konko Daijin"): 25 chapters, which Konko Daijin began writing starting from November 23, 1874.
2. Kyōten Oshirase-goto Oboe-chō (お知らせ事覚帳, "Record of Revelations"): 27 chapters, one for each year from 1857 to 1883.
3. Kyōten Gorikai (金光大神御理解集, "Teachings of Konko Daijin"): This part, by far the largest one, consists of 3 volumes. It consists of Konkō Daijin's orally transmitted teachings as written down by his various disciples.
4. Volume 1: 27 sections ordered according to the name of the disciple. There are 25 disciples total, since there are 3 sections for one of the disciples, .
5. Volume 2: 153 sections ordered according to the name of the disciple
6. Volume 3: 8 sections

In addition to the main book, there are also the following supplemental volumes:

• Index (用語索引)
• Announcements (お知らせ事覚書帳注釈) (annotated historical notices and memoranda)
• Biographical dictionary (人物誌)
• Glossary (用語事典)
• Supplement (追補) (122 verses of teachings that 12 followers had received from Konko Daijin)

Editions

There is a 1983 Japanese edition of the main volume of the Konkōkyō Kyōten, as well as a more recent revised Japanese edition published in 2009. The English edition is published as 5 separate volumes:

• Kyoten Konko Daijin Oboegaki: Memoirs of Konko Daijin (金光大神御覚書)
• Kyoten Oshirase-goto Oboe-cho: Record of Revelations (お知らせ事覚帳)
• Kyoten Gorikai: Teachings of Konko Daijin (金光大神御理解集) (3 volumes)

List of disciples

Below is a list of disciples in volumes 1 and 2 of the Kyōten Gorikai (金光大神御理解集). Some disciple names are repeated in both volumes.

Volume 1

3. (1)
4. (2)
5. (3)

Volume 2

Tenchi wa kataru

400 selected passages from the Konkōkyō Kyōten are organized topically in , a book published by the Konkokyo headquarters. The English translation is titled Voice of the Universe: Selected teachings of Konkokyo, while the Portuguese translation, published in 2008, is titled A Voz do Universo: Ensinamentos selecionados de Konkokyo. There are also Spanish and Korean translations of Tenchi wa kataru.

The table below gives the corresponding Konkōkyō Kyōten verse numbers for each of the 400 quotations in Voice of the Universe (天地は語る).

References

External links

• Konkokyo bibliography