Meiseki-Ji Shikoku 43

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Meisekiji 明石寺 Meiseki-Ji

. 四国お遍路さん Henro Pilgrims in Shikoku . - General Information -

. Shikoku Henro Temple List .

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Nr. 43 - 源光山 Genkozan 　円手院 Enshu-In -　明石寺 Meiseki-Ji - Brilliant Stone Temple
愛媛県西予市宇和町明石201 / 201 Uwachō Ageishi, Seiyo-shi, Ehime-ken



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This temple was founded in the 6th century by Shōchō Enjun ?円手院正澄 , under the orders of Emperor Kinmei 欽明天皇. Later, a 5th generation disciple of En no Gyōja (En no Ozuna) named 寿元 dedicated the gods of the twelve Kumano shrines here and made this the Dōjō of the practice for followers of Shugendō. Kōbō Daishi repaired the temple buildings and Minamoto Yoritomo constructed buildings and donated a Sutra mound (kyōzuka) in memory of the nun Ike no Zenni in the early years of the 13th century.

During the Kamakura Period, the Saionji clan became rulers of southern Iyo and patronized this temple, as did Uwajima Date in the Edo Period.

The temple is popularly called Ageshisan (Brilliant Rock Mountain). Note the reddish roof bricks (Sekishun-kawara).

Note: This is the temple where many pilgrims start if they are coming from Kyūshū or further south. You can see Kyūshū from the hill behind the temple, or as you cross over the mountain coming from Temple 42. The trail over the mountain has been repaired and is now in spectacular shape.
- source : www.shikokuhenrotrail.com


- Chant of the temple
聞くならく千手の誓いふしぎには 　
大盤石もかろくあげ石
kikunaraku senju fushigi no chikara ni wa daibanjyaku mo karokuageishi




- Homepage of the temple
- source : www.88shikokuhenro.jp


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Fudo Myo-O in a small roadside shrine not too far from Meisekiji,

source :　ojisanjake.blogspot.jp


. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja – Fudo Myoo .


. . Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Introduction - .

The Five Great Wisdom Kings, Godai Myo-O - 五大明王
. The Five Great Elements of the Universe - 地水火風空の五大 .

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- Two short Haiku Henro Trips, Summer 2005


. 四国お遍路さん Pilgrims in Shikoku . - General Information

Koya San in Wakayama

Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師　空海
(Kooboo Daishi, Kuukai )

Haiku and Henro:
.... . The Haiku Henro Pilgrimage  

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. Japan - Shrines and Temples - ABC .


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Mongolia Fudo

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Fudo Myo-O in Mongolia




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tibetan fudo myo-o (miyowa)
shared by Thierry

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An early Tibetan mandala of Ekallavira Achala in a private collection:
An Art Historical Analysis - by Pratapaditya Pal
- source : PDF file
- source : www.asianart.com


The Beliefs and Practices of Shinnyo Buddhism
- source : www.shinnyoen.org


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. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja – Vidyaraja – Fudo Myoo .


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. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and talismans from Japan .　

. Japanese Temples - ABC list - .


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Mandaraji Henro 72

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Mandaraji 曼荼羅寺 Mandara-Ji, Mandala-Ji

. 四国お遍路さん Henro Pilgrims in Shikoku . - General Information -

. Shikoku Henro Temple List .

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Nr. 72 - 我拝師山 Gabaijizan　延命院 Enmei-In　曼荼羅寺 Mandara-Ji
香川県善通寺市吉原町1380-1 / 1380-1 Yoshiwarachō, Zentsūji-shi, Kagawa



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Originally called Sesaka-dera, this was built in 596 and was the ancestral temple of the Saeki clan, into which Kōbō Daishi was born. When he returned from China, he dedicated the Kongōkai and Taizōkai mandalas signifying the worlds of the cosmic Buddha and enshrined the Dainichi Nyorai as the honzon. Kōbō Daishi modeled the temple after Ch'ing-lung-si Temple in China (Shoyuji) and it took three years to build. Once built, it was renamed to its present name.

Of interest is the Ageless Pine Tree in the temple courtyard. It is a huge (but not tall) dome-shaped tree and maintained in the form of a circle. It is said that Kōbō Daishi himself planted the tree here.
- source : www.shikokuhenrotrail.com



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Statler records that the poet/priest Saigyo stayed here, and wrote this poem after finding a pilgrim's hat hanging on a pine--perhaps this one--in the yard:

Long-living pine,
Of you I ask: everlasting
Mourning for me and
Cover for my corpse; here is no
Human to think of me when I am gone.

- source : thetempleguy.com

. 　西行法師　Saigyo Hoshi .


When I visited the temple in 2005, the pine tree had just started to wither.


- Chant of the temple
わずかにも曼荼羅拝む人はただ
再び三度帰らざらまし
May the worshippers of the Mandala come
back here again and again and again !


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. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja – Fudo Myoo .


. . Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Introduction - .

The Five Great Wisdom Kings, Godai Myo-O - 五大明王
. The Five Great Elements of the Universe - 地水火風空の五大 .

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- Two short Haiku Henro Trips, Summer 2005


. 四国お遍路さん Pilgrims in Shikoku . - General Information

Koya San in Wakayama

Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師　空海
(Kooboo Daishi, Kuukai )

Haiku and Henro:
.... . The Haiku Henro Pilgrimage  

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. Japan - Shrines and Temples - ABC .


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Nishi Mino Pilgrims

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Nishi Mino Pilgrims 西美濃三十三霊場 to 33 temples

Mino matsuri 美濃祭 Mino festival
at 八幡神社 岐阜県美濃 Hachiman Jinja
. WKD - Mino Festival (Mino matsuri) .





source :　adachi-hanga.com

Two pilgrims looking at waterfall while other pilgrims rest in nearby shelter.
美濃国養老の滝 Mino no kuni yoro no taki

. Katsushige Hokusai (1760-1849) .
Print from 1832

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- source with hyperlinks : nekomimi-nenbutsu.seesaa.net



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. 31 - Kinshoozan 金生山 明星輪寺 Myojorin-Ji .
Gifu - 4610 Akasakacho, Ogaki
岐阜県大垣市赤坂4610


- source : nekomimi-nenbutsu.seesaa.net

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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims - INTRODUCTION .


. Japan - Shrines and Temples - ABC .


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Mandala and Fudo

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Mandala 曼荼羅 and Fudo Myo-O

. Mandala of all kinds - Introduction .


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source :　Tom Bennett - facebook

仁王経曼荼羅 - Ninno-kyo Mandara
The Mandala of the Sutra of Benevolent Kings


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十二天曼荼羅 Juniten Mandala
and Fudo with four arms 四臂不動尊 shihi Fudo Son

- source : taogakusya.blog12.fc2.com


. Four-armed Fudo 四臂不動尊 shihi Fudo Son .

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Saint Nichiren and Hokekyo Mandala 日蓮の法華曼荼羅



Fudo is in the lower right corner.
source : wikipedia


. Nichiren, Saint Nichiren 日蓮 .
(1222 – 1282)

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rittai mandara　立体曼荼羅　Mandala of Statues



. Godai Myo-O 五大明王 Five Great Myo-O
Godai-son 五大尊　Five Great Wisdom Kings .


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... The pair of the mandala was made by Hui-kuo, the seventh patriarch of Esoteric Buddhism. Kobo Daishi inherited it from him and designated them Genzu mandala or prevalent version, ...
. Genzu Mandala 現図曼荼羅 "Original Mandala" .

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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims - INTRODUCTION .


. Japan - Shrines and Temples - ABC .


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. mamori honzon 守り本尊 personal protector deities legends .

. Manga and Buddha statues　漫画 マンガ　 .
By 赤塚不二夫 Akatsuka Fujio and others


. maniguruma 摩尼車 prayer wheel .
kyōzō (経蔵) kyozo, kyōko (経庫), kyōdō (経堂), zōden (蔵殿). rinzō (輪蔵) Rinzo, wheel repository; rotating libraries.


. Maya Bunin 摩耶夫人 Mother of Shakyamuni Buddha .
- - - - - Maya moode 摩耶詣 (まやもうで) visiting the Maya temple
- - - - - Maya mairi 摩耶参（まやまいり）
- - - - - Maya konbu 摩耶昆布（まやこんぶ）Maya kelp

. Mefu Jinja 賣布神社 / 売布神社 Shrine Mefu Jinja . - Izumo


. migawari 身代わり the deities substitute for us .
. Mino 西美濃三十三霊場 Nishi Mino Pilgrims to 33 temples . Ogaki and Gifu

. Mokujiki 木喰 master carver . - (1718-1810)


monseki　門跡寺院　Monseki temples -
The head priest of a temple, who is born of a noble family.
. . . . . . Shoren-In Monseki 青蓮院門跡 Kyoto . 　
. . . . . . Manshuu-In 曼殊院門跡 Manshu-In Kyoto .


. Moriyamadera 東門院 守山寺 Tomon-In, Shiga .


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. mudra, the gestures of Buddha .
- - - - - Amida kubon In 阿弥陀九品印 nine mudra of Amida:

Upper grade: upper birth joubon joushou 上品上生 ;
Upper grade: middle birth joubon chuushou 上品中生;
Upper grade: lower birth joubon geshou 上品下生 ;

Middle grade: upper birth chuubon joushou 中品上生 ;
Middle grade: middle birth chuubon chuushou 中品中生 ;
Middle grade: lower birth chuubon geshou 中品下生 ;

Lower grade: upper birth gebon joushou 下品上生 ;
Lower grade: middle birth gebon chuushou 下品中生 ;
Lower grade: lower birth gebon geshou 下品下生.

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. muken jigoku 無間地獄 Hell of Incessant Suffering .
mugen no kane 無限の鐘 - "The Bell of Hell"
Muken no Kane 無間の鐘 "Unlimited Bell", "Soundless Bell"


. Myoogyoo 華厳菩薩妙行 saint Kegon Bosatsu Myogyo . (active around 915)
and Hachioji 八王子, Tokyo

. Myoo-oo 明王 The Myo-O Group 明王の部 .


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