Purification of Complete Fulfillment

一切成就祓

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Stagnation and impurity

Stagnation and impurity

Kiwamete kitanaki mo tamari nakere ba極めて汚きも滞り無ければ

Kitanakitohāraji穢きとはあらじ

Purity within and without

Uchito no tamagakikiyoku kiyoshi to mōsu内外の玉垣清く浄しと申す

TranslationStagnation and impurity

However defiled something may be, if it does not stagnate, no impurity remains.

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Overview

A short early-modern purification formula comparing purity to water that remains clear because it flows, asking that impurity stagnate neither within nor without.

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Purposes

  • To keep impurity from becoming stagnant
  • To affirm purity both within and without

Background

Transmitted in early-modern manuscripts and printed books, the prayer is explained by an old analogy: water clouds when it stands still and clears when it continues to flow.

Flow of the text

Across 2 sections, the text moves from “Stagnation and impurity” to “Purity within and without.”

What to know before reading

  • Two compact movements link stagnation with impurity and then affirm purity within and without.

  • The scope of the phrase “the inner and outer sacred fence” remains open and is not restricted to one referent.

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