Study of Kakurenenbutsu Belief at the Foot of MT. Kirishima

在ARAKEDA和HIRABARU， KAKURENENBUTSU社区的成员称自己为“SHINTO”（KAKURENENBUTSU的信徒），而不是“BUDDO”（其他宗教的信徒）。他们不仅要躲避“佛道”，而且要躲避“神道”中的“非神道”。在荒田的3个教派和平仓的10个教派中都观察到KAKURENENBUTSU，这些教派彼此保守秘密和不同的修持。KAKURENENBUTSU拥有三重反对阶层。每个“神道”家庭的每个成员都不是“神道”，但只有代表每个“神道”家庭的年长夫妇才能成为传播KAKURENENBUTSU的信仰细胞。当一对已婚夫妇（年龄在40岁至50岁之间）申请加入KAKURENANBUTSU时，他们被迫与一位年长的“神道”已婚夫妇建立一种仪式上的父母和孩子的亲属关系（“OYAKONARI”）。能否成为“神道教徒”，要看“饭”的表面状态。“TERAMATO”或“OYA”是KAKURENENBUTSU的宗教领袖，负责为所有“神道”举行葬礼仪式。“OZA”（所有“神道”的宗教集会）被认为是将“神道”从“佛道”中熄灭的一个引人注目的指数，分为四类：(1)“OZA”用于治疗疾病或请愿；(2)年度活动“OZA”；(3)洗礼用“OZA”；(4)在死者去世后7天内为其提供宗教服务的“OZA”。在第四个“OZA”，萨满在死者灵魂的帮助下进入一个占领区，这样他就能在死者和生者之间进行精神交流。深刻的社会信仰占有已经存在于KAKURENENBUTSU的基础和核心。

Members of KAKURENENBUTSU community in ARAKEDA and HIRABARU call themselves "SHINTO" (believer in KAKURENENBUTSU) opposed to "BUDDO" (believer in the other religions). They try to hide themselves not only from "BUDDO" but also from "non-SHINTO" among "SHINTO". KAKURENENBUTSU has been observed in 3 sects in ARAKEDA and 10 sects in HIRABAUR, which keep secrets and different practice from one another. KAKURENENBUTSU holds triple strata of opposition.Every member each "SHINTO" family cannot be "SHINTO", but only the older married couple representing each "SHINTO" family can be a faith cell in terms of which KAKURENENBUTSU has been propagated. When a married couple (in the age group between 40 and 50) applies to KAKURENANBUTSU, they are forced to form a ritual kinship of parent and child ("OYAKONARI") with a senior married couple of "SHINTO". Whether or not he can be a "SHINTO" is to be judged by the surface state of "BUSSHO" (boiled rice for a offering to God)."TERAMATO" or "OYA" is a religious leader of KAKURENENBUTSU, who take the responsibility of performing the funeral ceremony for all the "SHINTOs"."OZA" (religious assembly of every "SHINTO"), which is believed to be a striking index for extinguishing "SHINTO" from "BUDDO", is classified into four : (1) "OZA" for curing illnesses or petitions ; (2) "OZA" for annual functions ; (3) "OZA" for baptism ; (4) "OZA" for religious service for the deceased within 7 days after his death. At the fourth "OZA", a shaman enter into a possession with the aid of the soul of the dead , so that he is in a position to conduct spiritual communion between the dead person and the living. Deep social belief in possession has existed in the base and core of KAKURENENBUTSU.