Amida Nyorai Legends

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Amida Nyorai Legends 阿弥陀如来と伝説

. Amida Nyorai Introduction .

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................................................................................. Kyoto　京都 　

. Legends about 嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno .
During the reign of 嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno there lived a person called 三条中将 Lieutenant Sanjo,
married to a high-ranking woman.
He promised to make a golden statue of Amida Butsu 阿弥陀仏 Amida Buddha if she would have a child.
After a while she became pregnant and a girl was born.
The mother died when the girl was seven.
The lieutenant married again.
The stepmother wanted to kill the daughter, but the golden statue of Amida protected the child.

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. Joodooji 浄土寺 / 淨土寺 Temple Jodo-Ji .
and the Daimonji yaki 大文字焼き fire of DAI at 如意ヶ嶽 Mount Nyoigatake




................................................................................. Nagano 長野県 　
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松本市 Matsumoto city

Amida Nyorai 阿弥陀如来像 the Statue of Amida Nyorai

At 浄雲寺 the temple Joun-Ji there was a statue of Amida Nyorai.
All people who passed here riding a horse got off and venerated it for its spiritual power.
Once a Samurai passed without getting off the horse.
He soon fell down and hurt himself, thus is divine punishment.




................................................................................. Tochigi 栃木県 　
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鹿沼市 Kanuma city

Amida sama 阿弥陀様 Amida Nyorai
Once there was a hall for Amida Nyorai, now the place is called doo ato ドウアト "place where the hall was".
A statue of Amida was venerated here, but then came a Rokubu pilgrim and wanted to steal the statue.
He took if from its place, but the Kannon statue next to it begun to cry:
大久保恋しい "I love my Okubo! I long for it!"
So the Rokubu put the statue back in its place.
. Rokubu Pilgrim Legends .




................................................................................. Wakayama　和歌山県 　
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田辺市 Tanabe city

. hayariyamai はやり病 Legends about epidemics .
On the mountain road branching off toward 竹の叉 Takenomata there was a sanctuary
to venerate 阿弥陀様 Amida Sama.
Once the deity had appeared in the dream of a villager and told him:
"If you make a sanctuary to venerate Amida sama,
there will be no more densenbyoo 伝染病 epidemics in 有木 Ariki village."




................................................................................. Yamanashi 山梨県 　
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. Retsuishiyama 烈石山 Mountain with a split boulder. .
At 甲州塩の山 Mount Shionoyama (塩ノ山, 556 m)

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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -
99 阿弥陀 collecting
14 阿弥陀如来 (00) 17 阿弥陀様 (02)
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