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Ritual Secrecy in Living Mikkyō

Canonical entry drawn from a single source layer in 16_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_I_v2_4.md.

Source file: 16_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_I_v2_4.md

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.