Ritual Secrecy in Living Mikkyō
Overview
Section titled “Overview”Canonical entry drawn from a single source layer in 16_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_I_v2_4.md.
Research layers
Section titled “Research layers”Layer 1: Ritual Secrecy in Living Mikkyō
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Shōten provides an unusually clear contemporary case:
- devotees may request the rite;
- the priest performs it;
- some temples prohibit lay attendance;
- public pages explain the outer operation;
- the complete transmitted procedure remains restricted.
This is a model for the encyclopedia’s PUBLIC OUTER RITE / TRANSMITTED INNER RITE distinction.