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Awa map of sacred places
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A snap of Awa sacred places
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| location | the principal images | the origin of the temple and my first impression there | |
| the1st Ryohzeji temple |
Naruto city | Syaka nyorai | It is said Daiushi mobed the sacred moutain of Tenjiku to Japan by getting the inspiration |
Poet(as Goeika) Ryohzen no syaka no mimenimegurikite ,yorozu no tumi no kieuse ni keri |
Praying at the hon-doh(a main building),I
found the pond was reflected on the glasses
of the hon-doh.It was verry beautiful.Under
the bottom of the pon.the A lot of Nisiki
carps were swiming too small.る。One
after another a pigeon also alighted and
approached me.it is likely to want
to talk with me.I wondered where
it was a heaven. Aki urara hohtoh no hato maiori ki (haiku) (From the pagoda in fall ,the doves come down near me.) |
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| the2nd Gokurakuji-temple |
Naruto city | Amida nyorai |
Visiting here andDaishi was reading a sutra during 21days ,Amida nyorai appeared. |
![]() Poet(as Goeika) Gokuraku no mida no jyoh-d oe ikitakuba,namu-ami-dab utu kutigu chi ni seyo |
At the back of thickly trees,Hondh was located,its front yard was care and
arranged.and The Tyoh-mei(means long-lived)
cedar which Daishi planted
was rising high on the way to Noh-kyou sho(getting
marked the date of visiting and the signature
of the temple) Ten takashi tyohmei sugi wa eda nobasi (haiku) (Japanese cedar named of TYo-meisugi is rising highly to the sky in fall) |
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| the3rd KInsenji-temple | Itano-gun | Syaka nyorai |
When Daisi visited there ,The sacred water og Koganoi gushed out. |
![]() Poet(as Goeika) Gokuraku no takara no ike wo omoe tara,kogane no izumi sumi tataetaru |
A Deva gate is also gorgeous.I wander if
their two Devas were built recently.There
is Koganoi near Taisi-doh.Anyone will get
to be happy 、if his face is reflected
here,it is said so.I want to look into
the well,but turned out to find nothing except
the awkward face. Momiji site tyohgo sakan ya kanzeon (haiku) |
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| the4th Dainichiji-temple | Itano-gun | Daiunichi nyorai |
The principle image of the Shingon sect of Buddhism is Dainichi-Nyorai.Daishi realized here ,during visited |
![]() Poet(as Goeika)Nagamureba tuki sirotae no yowa nareya,tada kurotanini ni kurozomeno sode |
As the way to a temple sis narrow,a sight seeing bus doesn't enter,it
is surrouded by moutains on three sides,the
sun sets very early. though it
seems to hurt apparently like a ruind temple.There
are Kannon images of Saigoku 33 sacred places
in a line in order at the corridor. Aki-yuyake huruki kawara no Daishi-doh (haiku) |
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| the5th Jizouji-temple | Itano-gun | Shohgunzi zoubosatu |
Daish scupltured the Shohgunbodhisattva(abandons a worldly desires) by Emperor Saga 's wish |
Poet(as Goeika)Rokudoh no nouge no jizoh daobosatu,mitibiki tama e kono yo no utini |
Since a site is very large.moreover
,Rakan-doh and Hondoh separated ,we must
walk for a while,In Rakan-doh,the five hundreds
Rakan deciples,life- size images stood in
a rows.Got down the long stone steps to Hondoh.there
is a formal topknot at the age of 800..and
Suikinkutu(sounds by dripping the water)made
beautiful molodies ,not a monotonous souud.
Teppen no hinowa wo tirasu oh ityoh (haiku) |
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| the6th Anrakuji-temple | Itano-gun | Yakushi nyorai |
Since the hot spring which involved specific cure gushed,Daishi made Yakushi nyrai. |
Poet(as Goeika)Yokusin wo tada hitosuji ni kirihataji,noti no yo made no sawari to zo naru |
Along the western style coffee shop built
recently,we came out to a largecourtyard.When
the number 5963 of a word play , as a
" gokurousan",was put in.
the door of a parkin place opens.there
is a Syuku-boh(an pilgrim'slodging in a temple)
in Shikoku.and the hot spring named as Onsenzan
Anrakuji where the bathroom can accept many
visitors. Geta sorou syukuboh hitotu aki no yuh (haiku) |
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| the7th Jyuyakuji-temple | Itano-gun | Amida nyorai |
Parting from Eight distrss (life,old,illness,parting,envy,want,troubles), Daishi named the temple to receive easily Ten delight in paladise. |
Poet(as Goeika)Ningen no hakku wo hayaku hanarebnaba,itaran kata wa kubon jyuraku |
The site is located somewhat on heghts and
have a good view,It was impressive tha Hudomyoh-daiou
stood with his legs wide apart greatlyIn
the precincts of a temple ,the bushclover
bloomed and had fallen there,Hohsi Cicaders
are chirping near the surrounding moutains
as if they regreted farewell to summer. Hohshi-zemi okurete nakeru Amida-doh (haiku) |
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| the8th Kumagaiji-temple | Itano-gun | Senjyu kannon |
Kumano Avatar of Kishuh in the valley in the back appeared during practice,Daishi made the sacred images of Kannon-bosatu. |
![]() Poet(as Goeika)Takigi-tori miduku matanino tera ni kite,nangyoh suru no mo noti no yo no tame |
Going up the uphills a little,we found Benten
pond on the right,a parking lot and
noh-kyousho on the left.From there the oldest
Tahoh-toh and hondoh is in the back.Ocationaly there
are many pilgromges who reading
Kannon-kyo sutra and praying. Sanmon wo irite doshoh no aki-henro (haiku) |
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| the9th Hohrinji-temple | Itano-gun | Syaka nyorai |
Originally the temple was at the Hohchigadani
valley at the foot .and was called Hohrinji temple,and fired in a civil war,it is now here. |
![]() Poet(as Goeika)Daijyohno hihoummo togamo hirugaesitenbou rin no en to koso gike |
The temple is located lonely in the rice
field.But it cannot be easily visible so
the car going over here and there searching
for thereThough the priest was sweeping the
precinct carefuly,he returned back to the
Nookyou-syo in a hurry.and wrote the Noukyou-tyoh
with the brush.It is a cozy little
temple,it turned out unnaturally that the
yard is the red clay with mixed soiled from
another place Hakioete hude toru soh ya iwasi-gumo (haiku) |
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| the10th Kirihataji-temple |
Awa-gun | Senjy kannon |
Dropping in at the poor village at the foot of moutain,Daishi asks chirity at that time,and was pleasantly entertained and received the cloth which was woven fof sevendays and was torn.After then the wish was granted. |
![]() Poet(as Goeika) Yokushin wo tada hitosuji nni kirihataji notino yo madeno sawarito zo naru |
Throuh some shopping stores on
the way to the gate of temple,we went
up on the 333 stone steps. It will took 3o minutes there.ifwe select to go by car.I want you to go up step by step.the principal
imagimages is a femail,so she is famillia
to female. Noborikite Tohka wa hukasi syuhshi huto (haiku) |
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| A memorandum |
| name | explanations |
| Shaknyorai | Title of Gautama Buddha.the Buddhistic founder and Gautama Buddha were born asfirst-bornsof the king of the Gautama Buddha fellows of Kapirabasutu of North India,JOHBONNOU(SHUDOODANA)and its princess and Mrs MAYA.By the legend,she dreamed of white elephant coming into the womb and had a baby. After Gautama Buddha was born and walked Seven steps,he put the heaven with right hand and theerath with a left hand,and recited that I'm most excellent in the human world.In China and Japan ,Knjyoh-E ii held for this day as April 8 |
| Amida nyorai | Title of Amitabha.The Buddha superintends the paradise world in the west.The principle of Johdo sect and Joido-shishuh.Word of Amida trnslated the sound of Amkita of Sanscrit.In the Chines word,the meaning was taken and it translated into "immeasurable congratulation","immeasurable light" etc.it means the Buddah with an everlasting life and an unfathomable light. Genshin explained in the thought of hell and paradise expressed concrtly,the vanity in the world If the Buddhist invocation absorbedly chanted by ,As he devoted himself to the Buddah,at the time of a last moment,Amitabha comes to pick up with the 25 bodhisattvas. |
| Dainiti nyorai | It's the foundamental Buddah which formed the true figure of the universe.Every human being 's words abondoned,we hear directly the Cosmic Buddha's language,id.est,Buddah's preach,and it is explained that a peaceful death (attainment Buddahhood alive)in the world is attained by uniting with the Cosmic Buddah in all the odies(body),themouths( language),and minds(heart). And whether we can hear a Buddah's preach is chageable with the state of man's heart ,Kuukai (Daishi) divided the state of peaple's mind into Jyu-shin-ron,(his book). |
| Jizoh bosatu | A "Jidoh"as a "guardian deity og children"is translation of KUSHITIGARUBA of Sanscritmeans"the Placenta of the ground"and expresses the bodhisatta who hid power like the ground which produced various things.it postponed that self became the Buddah and cultivate people drifting in the Rikudo (the six suffring worlds)and relieved them from there,until bodhisattav will apearin the time of the long no-Buddah (Gautam Buddah's deathand5,670 milion years).and Bosatu at was connected with various kinds of blessing of Buddahin this world,such as a gurdian deity of children and the prolongation of life,made made astone images came to be offered to a roadside ect,There are also many events ,espcially the"Jizoh-bon festival" to which childrenoffer a guardian deity of children on lunar-calendar July 24 is typical. |
| Rakan or Arakan |
The highest satage of Buddistic practice.or the who reached highest,in China and Japan,whenGautama Buddah died,as Zen prospered ,the Six Buddhistic deciples swore the BUppohgoji werecalled " 16 Rakan for Buddhism"and the Buddah's Five hundred desciples attended the first meeting for editting Buddist scripture were called "500 Rakan for buddah "and was respected |
| Kannon Bosatu | Mind free of observing.the Kannon is originally
located on the left as the pai -r of
Kyouji(it situated in both sudes ofthe Buddah ,and Seishi on
the right which is the symbol of wisdom.and the three are collectedly called Amida- Sanzon.it change a figure of Senjyu-Kannon.Battoh-kannon etc. according to the people'askig . |
| Reference and Permiss^ion | ☆explanation of thinfs from Microsoft(R)
Encarta(R) 97 Encyclopedia. (C) 1993-1997
and Koh-jien of Sansei-doh ☆the Shikoku 33 sacred map are permitted to carry all from Takum Denpa Koh Sen (http://www.cc.takuma-ct.ac.jp/fudasho/fudasho-frame.html) |
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