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Jizo Bosatsu - Special Statues



. Jizo Bosatsu (Kshitigarbha) 地蔵菩薩 .
Introduction

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Araki Jizo 荒木忍先生 - yobikake Jizo 呼掛け Jizo calling out
hanami Jizo 花見地蔵 "Jizo and Cherry Blossoms "
hana sakasu Jizo はなさかす地蔵 Jizo with flowers
hohoemi Jizo 微笑み地蔵尊 Smiling Jizo
hoomuran Jizo ホームラン地蔵 Homerun / Baseball
idakare Jizo 抱かれ地蔵 Jizo embraced by a tree
ikigi Jizo 生木地蔵 "Jizo carved in a living tree"　/ (tachiki Jizo　立木地蔵）
joro-kai Jizo 女郎買地蔵 Jizo buying a prostitute
kamihari Jizo 紙貼り地蔵 Jizo to paste paper on
katsugi Jizo かつぎ地蔵 Jizo showing the way
komochi Jizo 子持ち地蔵 Jizo pregnant, with children
kubifuri Jizo 　首ふり地蔵 Jizo with a movable head
mizumuke Jizo 水向地蔵
momo Jizo 桃地蔵 with a peach
neko Jizoo 猫地蔵 Neko Jizo. "Jizo with Cat"
praying Jizo (Gifu, Kasuga shrine)
. Roku Jizō 六地蔵 Roku Jizo, Six Jizo Statues .
sakkaa Jizo　サッカー地蔵　Jizo playing soccer
Sanuki udon Jizo 讃岐うどん地蔵 Jizo eating Udon noodles
shio Jizo 塩地蔵尊 Jizo made from salt
suki Jizo スキー地蔵 on ski at mountain top
yatori Jizo 矢取地蔵 Jizo catching the arrow
yotsugi Jizo 世継地蔵 "Heir Jizo", "Successor Jizo"
Moss Jizo and Haiku by Issa

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Araki Jizo 荒木忍先生 made by Araki Sensei



yobikake Jizo 呼掛け Jizo calling out

source : 仏像ワールド


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hanami Jizo 花見地蔵 Jizo and Cherry Blossoms



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hana sakasu Jizo はなさかす地蔵 Jizo with flowers



広島 福山の明王院

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hohoemi Jizo 微笑み地蔵尊 Smiling Jizo



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koyasu Jizo by Mokujiki
「子安地蔵尊」像の白眉。静岡、十輪寺の木喰微笑仏

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nikoniko Jizo にこにこ地蔵尊 Smiling Jizo



at the 高幡不動 Takahata Fudo Temple

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hoomuran Jizo ホームラン地蔵 Homerun / Baseball "



at temple Kaitoku-Ji
1 Chome-2-10 Minamishinagawa, Shinagawa, Tokyo

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idakare Jizo 抱かれ地蔵 Jizo embraced by a tree

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ikigi Jizo 生木地蔵 "Jizo carved in a living tree"


- source : Masayoshi on facebook

at 切山平家遺跡 Kiriyama Heike Remains, Shikoku
（安徳帝遺跡群）

. tachikibutsu 立木仏 Buddhas in living trees .

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joroo-kai Jizo 女郎買地蔵 Joro-kai Jizo buying a prostitute
at the temple 大雲寺 Daiun-Ji in 桶川宿 Okegawa town (Postal station Nr. 6 on the Nakasendo Road)

女郎買い地蔵 - This state has been put in place in 1557.

Okegawa was quite a busy postal station and had many brothels. Not only the travellers, but also locals frequented these places. Soon there was the rumor that even the Jizo statue of the temple was out there enjoying himself. So the head priest tried to solve the problem. He fixed a clamp on the back of the statue and used a chain to bind it.
Since then, the Jizo did not move any more.



To tell the truth (maybe?) there was a young priest in the temple who went out every night . . . but got stopped when he saw his master fix the Jizo to teach him a lesson and save him.
The clamp on the back of the statue can be seen to our day.



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kamihari Jizoo 紙貼り地蔵 Jizo to paste paper on
while making a wish


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at Oosu Kannon 大須観音 Osu Kannon - Nagoya
（北野山真福寺寶生院）
愛知県名古屋市中区大須2-21-47

. Osu Kannon and Fudo Myo-O .

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katsugi Jizo かつぎ地蔵 Jizo showing the way


at 新田集落 - at the highway 佐渡奉行街道 Sado Bugyo Kaido
- reference source : Takashi Nishino -

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komochi Jizo 子持ち地蔵 Jizo pregnant, with children



向宿の子持地蔵
（昭島市福島町２丁目） - Oku-Tama

昔、近所の子供たちがお地蔵様を持ち出し、裏の中沢堀で一緒に水遊びをして遊んでいた。それを見た大人が「お地蔵様を粗末にしてはいけない」と子どもたちを叱った。がその夜、「せっかく遊んでいたのに、一人ぼっちにさせた」と言ってお地蔵様が悲しんだという言い伝えがある。
とにかく子どもが好きなお地蔵様で赤ん坊の夜泣き、夜尿症、病気などに霊験があるらしい。
- reference source : asa-ing.co.jp/s/sanpo-s ... -

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kubifuri Jizo 　首ふり地蔵 Jizo with a movable head
at Kiyomizuzaka 清水坂 Kyoto


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mizumuke Jizoo 水向地蔵 water covered Jizo


source :　facebook

A statue to throw water on, with prayers for departed family members.

. 高野山 Koyasan - 奥の院 Oku no In .

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momo Jizo 桃地蔵 with a peach

by Seiichi Tsuchiya san

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neko Jizoo 猫地蔵 Neko Jizo. "Jizo with Cat"
at 自性院 Jisho-In - 西落合
新宿区西落合1-11-23 Shinjuku, Tokyo : 猫寺 The Cat Temple
. Gofunai Henro Temple Nr. 53 .
Once in Edo there lived a man in Ushigome. He had a beloved cat, but the animal died and he was very sad.
Jizo Bosatsu appeared in his dream and advised him to go to the temple Jishoo-In 自性院 Jisho-In to see the high priest 鑑秀上人. He told him to have the statue of a cat erected.
A kind of migawari, he takes on our illness and problems.


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　praying Jizo



Kasuga Shrine in Tsumagi-cho, Toki-City. Kasuga Shrine.
The Jizo looks like the preacher of The Cross is carved.
The hands clasped in prayer looks like a cross.
It shows the faith of hidden Christians.
- source : Aoi on facebook -

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roku Jizoo　六地蔵　six special Jizo


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六体童形地蔵像 Six Jizo as Children
鞍馬寺 Kurama Temple, Kyoto
（京都市左京区鞍馬本町）

. Roku Jizō, Roku Jizoo 六地蔵 Roku Jizo, Six Jizo Statues .

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. sakenomi Jizoo 酒飲み地蔵 / 酒飲地蔵 Jizo having a drink of Sake .
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sakedachi Jizo 酒断ち地蔵 / 酒断地蔵 Jizo to help stop drinking

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Tsunbo Jizo
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. . . . . TSUNBO JIZŌ 聾地蔵 (lit. = Deaf Jizō)
of Komagome 駒込 (Hongo, Tokyo) helps when one suffers from persistent coughing. The people believe that, since Jizō is deaf, he cannot hear their prayers; it is therefore necessary to send them to him in writing, either by post, or by placing the written paper on the waters of a river or the sea.
This Jizō is thought to be a great lover of sake and a cure is more likely if he is promised a bottle.”
- source : Mark Schumacher

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sakkaa Jizoo　サッカー地蔵　Jizo playing soccer



Jizo playing with a soccer ball - world cup 2014



サッカー地蔵に必勝祈願！不動院境内 Arao town, Kumamoto, Fudo-In
熊本県荒尾市万田１５９５－１

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source :　39rado.sakura.ne.jp/h/blog

熊本の大津運動公園 Kumamoto Ozumachi Sports Park

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Sanuki udon Jizo 讃岐うどん地蔵 Jizo eating Udon noodles



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shio Jizo son 塩地蔵尊 Jizo made from salt


Genkaku-Ji 源覚、文京区 Koishikawa, Bunkyo City, Tokyo
Two statues made of pure salt. Sick people come here and put their wet finger on the place where their own body aces. That will heal them.

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sukii Jizoo スキー地蔵 Jizo on Ski



地蔵山頂駅 ロープウェイ各駅 near the ropeway on top of Mount Jizosan.

蔵王地蔵尊 Jizo statues at Mount Zao
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near Tenryu-Ji in Kyoto


source :　Dougill on facebook

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yatori Jizoo 矢取地蔵 Jizo catching the arrow
aimed to kill Kobo Daishi
yaoi Jizoo, ya-oi 矢負地蔵 "arrow-collecting Jizo"
The statue now has a wound at the place where the arrow would have hit Kukai.



京都市南区唐橋羅城門町 - Kyoto
Karahashi Rajomoncho, Minami Ward, Kyoto

In 824 during a drought, Emperor Junna 淳和天皇 (786 - 840) ordered Kukai Kobo Daishi, priest at the Eastern Temple　東寺 To-Ji, and priest Shubin 守敏, head priest at the Western Temple 西寺 Sai-Ji, to perform rain rituals at the sacred park Shinsen-En 神泉苑.
Shubin did the rituals first, but no rain fell to ease the drought.
Next Kukai did the rituals - and whow, it rained for three days and three nights.
This is known as the "Rain Ritual Fighting" 雨ごい合戦 in the records of Kukai.

But Shubin was quite angry at this outcome. He waited in ambush at the Rashomon gate and tried to shoot an arrow at Kukai to kill him.
At this moment a monk in a black robe appeared and protected Kukai, catching the arrow with his hand. The monk was a personification of Jizo Bosatsu.
. amagoi　雨乞い rain rituals .

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yotsugi Jizoo 世継地蔵 "Heir Jizo", "Successor Jizo"



yotsugi Jizoo doo 世継地蔵堂 "Heir Jizo Hall"



with a special hall at temple Jootokuji 上徳寺 Jotoku-Ji, Kyoto
Ensoozan 塩竈山 Enzozan
京都府京都市下京区富小路通五条下ル本塩竈町556

This temple was built by Ieyasu Tokugawa in 1603. It has the graves of his concubine Acha no tsubone 阿茶局 and her daughter 泰栄院.
There is also the grave of haiku poet Horiuchi Unkoo 堀内雲鼓 Horiuchi Unko (1665 - 1728).

Praying to this Jizo will help getting pregnant.

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苔の花小疵に咲や石地蔵
koke no hana ko kizu ni saku ya ishi jizoo

moss blossoms bloom
in a little crack...
stone Jizo

Kobayashi Issa
Tr. David Lanoue

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Zen-In, Sekizan Zen-In 赤山禅院

京都府京都市左京区修学院開根坊町18
18 Kaikonbo-cho, Shugakuin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto



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History of Sekizan Zen-in Temple
Sekizan Zen-in was founded in 888 AD following the will of the high priest Jikaku Daishi Ennin as one of the affliated temples of Hieizan Enryakuji Temple, the Headquarters of Tendai sect Buddhism. Situated in a quiet neighborhood near Kyoto Shugakuin Imperial Villa, it is a famous site for the red tinged autumnal leaves.

The high priest Jikaku Daishi Ennin (794~864) went to China (then under the Tang dynasty) and, enduring a lot of hardships over there, at last mastered Tendai teachings. He thanked Sekizan Daimyojin (泰山府君- 赤山大明神） for its protecting him during his travel to and stay in China, and it is said that he made a vow to build Sekizan Zen-in when back home. Ennin, after returning to Japan, established the basis of Tendai sect of Buddhism, but could not fulfill his vow to build Sekizan Zen-in. Following his will, Anne, the fourth Head Priest of Tendai sect, is thus said to have founded Sekizan Zen-in.

The principal deity, Sekizan Daimyojin, is a brought-back avatar or a double image of Taizanfukun 泰山府君 (Taizan Fukun) in Mt. Sekizan in China (a world heritage site in China) which has been regarded as the head of China’s Five Great Mountains ; Taizanfukun became the founding father of the yin-yan philosophy in Japan. Located at Kyoto’s northeast corner , where the front spirit gate called Omote Kimon 表鬼門 used by demons is believed to stand, Sekizan Zen-in has been worshipped as the temple to protect the citzen from bad luck coming through that gate.

Revered since by the imperial family, Sekizan Zen-in was visited by the retired Emperor Gomizunoo (1596~1680), who is known as the building owner of the Shugakuin Imperial Villa; he, then, ordered repair of the temple buildings and presented a calligraphy of the phrase Sekizan Daimyojin (赤山大明神) done by himself. Holding the sacred pendant paper strips and a cluster of bells for charm performance, a carved monkey is placed on the top of the oratory roof thereby serving a talisman against demons; as such, Sekizan Zen-in has been widely venerated up to this day as the guardian temple against the evil spirits.




- Sekizan Zen-in is also known as :

●Temple of “Sekizan Kugyo (Penance)” :  it is up from here and down to here that the ascetics of Sennichi Kaiho Practice 千日回峰行 (One Thousand-Day Practice, which is the hardest of all Tendai sect Buddhism ascetic practices), repeat climbing up and down, to and from the top of Mt. Hiei.

●Temple where incantations and prayers such as for “Healing Asthma with the incantatory sponged gourd" ぜんそく封じ・へちま加持,
“Mass Service for Rosary” 珠数供養 (正念珠) and “Taizanfukun Festivity” are practiced.




●Where Pilgrimage of the Miyako Shichifukujin (Pilgrimage of Kyoto’s Seven Deities of Good Luck) is said to have originated as the temple of Fukurokuju (Deity of Wealth and Longevity). 赤山禅院 福禄寿

●Temple for commercial prosperity where “Custom of Payment on the 5th and 10th days” originated.


kimon yoke no shin-en 鬼門除けの神猿 Monkey protector on the roof



ema 絵馬 votive tablet of 泰山府君 Taizan Fukun


- Homepage of the temple
Sekizan Zen-in, with its fostered history of over 1100 years, has since amassed various ways and forms of faith.
- source : www.sekizanzenin.com






source :　kyotoiiki.exblog.jp

八千枚大護摩供 Fire ritual burning 8000 goma sheets

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enmusubi 「縁結びの相生明神絵馬」
source : http://tencoo.fc2web.com/jinja


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






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Sekizan Daimyojin ( 赤山大明神）

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Sekisan Myōjin
Literally, "Red-Mountain Shining-Deity," one of the "protectors of the dharma" (gohō;) in the Tendai sect of Buddhism. While studying Buddhism in China, the Japanese monk Ennin underwent practice at the Shandong temple Sekizan Hokke-in (Ch. Chishan Fahua Yuan) for the purpose of receiving a personal tutelary deity, and in return vowed to build a meditation hall upon his return to Japan. The hall was in fact constructed by his disciples in 864, and later moved to Nishi-Sakamoto (in northeast Kyoto) in 888, the date representing the first worship of Sekizan Myōjin in Japan.

This event, however, is not recounted in the standard "Ennin's Journey to the West," and since a "red mountain" deity did not exist in China at that time, it seems likely that the new deity was created against the background of conflict between the Tendai sect's two branches, the "mountain" branch (with headquarters at Mt. Hiei's Enryakuji) and the "temple" branch (headquartered at Miidera [Onjōji]). Namely, since Onjōji already had its own tutelary deity Shinra Myōjin, Mt. Hiei's temple Enryakuji responded by adopting the tutelary Sekizan Myōjin .

According to current research, the existence of the temple Sekizan Zen'in can be dated from the latter half of the tenth century. Most images of Sekizan Myōjin depict him as attired in red Chinese costume or cloak, with three-peaked crown and holding bow and arrow. From the medieval period on, the deity's Buddhist counterpart or "essence" (honji; see honji suijaku) was identified as the boddhisattva Jizō (Sk. Kstigarbha), and a process of assimilation occurred whereby he became identified as well with the deities Taizan Fukun (a Chinese tutelary of human destiny), Mutō Tenjin (a deity of pestilence identified with Susanoo), and Gozu Tennō. In contrast to the shrine Hiyoshi Taisha which guarded Mt. Hiei's eastern flank, Sekizan Myōjin was worshiped as a guardian of the mountain's western flank. Sekizan Myōjin was also venerated as tutelary of Injō Nembutsu (a school of nenbutsu "singing"), and was also later adopted as one of the cult of sanjūbanshin ("thirty guardian kami"). At present, Sekizan Myōjin is enshrined at the Sekizan Zen'in within the grounds of the Shūgakuin Detached Palace in Kyoto.
source : Kadoya Atsushi - Kokugakuin 2005





赤山ハ支那ニ太山府君ト称ス今叡山ノ西ノ麓ニアリ
本地地蔵




Taizan-ō, 泰山王 King of Hell, Judge in the 7th week, 49th day 七七日49日


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Taizan Fukun - たいざん‐ふくん【泰山府君】 / 泰山王 Taizanoo
Taizan Fukun wird oft zusammen mit Emma als Paar neben einem Jizo Bosatsu dargestellt. In der wallenden Tracht eines chinesischen Richters der Sung-Zeit.
Meist sitzende Statuen mit furchterregendem Gesichtsausdruck. Er hält in der Hand ein Holzszepter mit zwei Köpfen auf einem Lotusblatt (jintoojoo, nintoojoo).

. 10 Höllenkönige (Jûô, juuoo, juo 十王) .
Gabi Greve


. Abe no Seimei 阿倍晴明 .
and 陰陽道 Onmyodo - The Way of Yin and Yang


. Matarajin, Matara-Shin 摩多羅神 and 新羅明神 Shinra Myojin .
Matarajin is a deity that was introduced to Japan from China by Ennin , Jikaku Daishi Ennin 慈覚大師仁円 as a protector deity of the Amida Sutra (Amida kyoo 阿弥陀経). Some say he is also the secretary of Emma, the main deity of the Buddhist Hell.
The Korean Connection - Shinra, the Japanese version of Silla, the Korean Kingdom.



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Shinra Myōjin
One of the "protectors of the dharma" (gohō;) in the Tendai sect of Buddhism, and tutelary of the famous temple Onjōji (Miidera) in Ōmi, Shiga Prefecture. According to legend, during the return of Enchin (Chishō Daishi) from China, a deity called Shinra Myōjin appeared onboard the ship in the form of an old man and vowed to protect the Buddha Dharma. After Enchin returned to Japan, the deity appeared again and led Enchin to Onjōji. Thereafter, leadership of the temple passed to Enchin from the earlier intendant priest Kyōtai. Enchin then had a shrine built to the north of the temple, where he enshrined Shinra Myōjin.

This tradition is first recounted in the Onjōji ryūge-e engi, a legendary history compiled in 1062, but the deity had already been given an official rank (shinkai) in 971, making it evident that veneration of the deity preceded that date.

The deity is most frequently portrayed iconographically as an old man wearing Chinese robes and headpiece, and holding a sutra scroll and scepter. The wooden, seated image of Shinra Myōjin possessed by Onjōji (classified as a national treasure) is a masterpiece of Japanese combinatory religious art. The Mii Mandala, called "three treasures of the original essence" portrays Shinra Myōjin together with the other three deities Mio Myōjin, Sannō Gongen, and Kifudō surrounding the bodhisattva Maitreya (Miroku); this mandala was used in important Buddhist rites at the temple Onjōji.

From the medieval period, the honji (original essence; see honji suijaku) of Shinra Myōjin was identified variously as Monju Bosatsu (Skt. Bodhisattva Manjushri) or Fudō Myōō (Skt. Acala Vidyaraja), and he was frequently merged with other deities like Susano no mikoto, Gozu Tennō, and the "dragon king" Sagara Ryūō.
Shinra Myōjin is still enshrined at the Shinra Zenjindō north of Onjōji.
- source : Kadoya Atsushi, Kokugakuin 2005

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Sanjuubanshin 三十番神 30 personal protector deities
25 山城　赤山　　　赤山大明神（せきざん） Sekizan

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禅院の子も菓子貰ふ冬至かな
Zen-In no kodomo kashi morau tooji kana

the children at Zen-In
all get some sweets
at the winter solstice . . .

Kuroyanagi Shooha 黒柳召波 Kuroyanagi Shoha （1727-1771)


. Winter solstice, tooji 冬至 .


禅院のかた餅さげし廊下かな
会津八一

禅院のあつけらかんと冬支度
中川宋淵

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. juzu 数珠, nenju 念珠 rosary legends - Rosenkranz .

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Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims - INTRODUCTION .


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Dainichi Sutra　大日経 Dainichi Kyo - - - Mahavairocana Sutra

. Dainichi Nyorai 大日如来 .

The most important deity of Esoteric Buddhism. He is in the center of the Kegon Sutra and the Mandala of Both Worlds. - - - Great Sun, Dai Nichi.

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

Descriptions of Fudo's physical appearance derive from such scriptural source as the Mahavairocana Tantra (Dainichikyō (『大日経』)) and its annotation.





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sanriki no ge 三力の偈 the three "powers", phrases

①及以法界力 - kyuu-i hookai riki

②如来加持力 - nyorai kaji riki

③以我功徳力 - iga toku riki

普供養而住 - fu kuyoo nijuu





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The Teachings of the Mahavairocana Sutra

Shingon Buddhism takes the seven chapters of the Mahavairocana Sutra (Dainichi-kyo) as the basic sutra for propagation, and has spread the belief in it to people. Its fundamental doctrine is explained in the "Chapter on the Stages of the Mind" in the first chapter. At the beginning of that chapter, it says,

"How do we become enlightened?
It is by knowing our own mind as it truly is."

Human beings have the complete virtues of the Buddha in their own minds, and this mind that bears the virtues of the Buddha is called the mind that aspires to realize enlightenment. This is the first thing that must be understood.

The doctrines of Shingon Buddhism and the teachings of Kobo Daishi can be said to begin and end with the aspiration for the realization of enlightenment. The Mahavairocana Sutra is a sutra that explains the virtues of Mahavairocana Buddha, who is the source of life, and those virtues of the Buddha are expressed in the Sanskrit letter "A" (), which is pronounced "Ah". This letter A is the mind that aspires to be enlightened, and knowing one's own mind is to know one's own aspiration for the realization of enlightenment.

Kobo Daishi also said,

"The letter A is the mind that aspires to realize enlightenment."

The process by which one develops a single drop of the aspiration for the realization of enlightenment and becomes a buddha in this body is explained in the Mahavairocana Sutra in three phrases. The three phrases are as follows.

1. Make the aspiration for realizing enlightenment the cause;
2. Make great compassion the foundation of your actions;  - and
3. Perfect skillful means.

These phrases indicate the process for becoming a buddha in this body, and also clarify the content of that enlightenment.

First of all, raising the aspiration for the realization of enlightenment is the starting point for becoming a buddha.
Next, it says that it is to be nurtured by taking action only through the Buddha's ample compassion. Safeguarded by that compassion, we can move toward our objectives in all things, and even the attainment of enlightenment is through the power of the Buddha's great compassion.
The third phrase speaks of skillful means as the objective of perfection, and skillful means here refers to the skillful means for benefiting others.

These three phrases explain that we must thoroughly engage in the Bodhisattva practice of contributing to the welfare and benefit of the world until the end of our lives.

When we contemplate our own minds, bodies, and lives, we see that the doctrinal teachings of Shingon Buddhism from the beginning to the end explain the centrality of the aspiration for the realization of enlightenment and the unity of ourselves with the Buddha, and we come to understand the teaching of nonduality in which human beings are equal with and not distinct from the Buddha.

What the belief in "be kind to all life," means is that we know the dignity of our own lives, and can discover in our own existences the realization of enlightenment and the lifeforce of the Buddha.
- source : www.shingon.org/teachings

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The Mahāvairocana Tantra
(traditional Chinese: 大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經; pinyin: Dà Pílúzhēnà Chéngfó Shénbiàn Jiāchí Jīng)
is an important Vajrayana Buddhist text. It is also known as the Mahāvairocana Abhisaṃbodhi Tantra, or more fully as the Mahāvairocana Abhisaṃbodhi Vikurvita Adhiṣṭhāna Tantra. In Tibet it is considered to be a member of the Carya class of tantras. In Japan where it is known as the Mahāvairocana Sūtra, it is one of two central texts in the Shingon school, along with the Vajrasekhara Sutra. Both are also part of the Tendai school.



Kūkai Kobo Daishi learned of the Mahāvairocana Tantra in 796, and travelled to China in 804 to receive instruction in it.

The Mahāvairocana Tantra consists of three primary mandalas corresponding to the body, speech and mind of Mahāvairocana, as well as preliminary practices and initiation rituals. According to Buddhaguhya’s Piṇḍārtha (a summary of the main points of the tantra) the Mahāvairocana Tantra system of practice is in three stages: preliminary, application, and accomplishment. Attached here and there are doctrinal passages, and sadhana practices which relate back to the main mandalas.

Chapter 2 of the sutra also contains four precepts, called the samaya, that form the basic precepts esoteric Buddhist practitioners must follow:

Not to abandon the true Dharma
Not to deviate from one's own enlightened mind
Not to be reserved in sharing with others the Buddhist teachings
Not to bring harm to any sentient beings

Shingon Lineage
The Mahavairocana Tantra does not trace its lineage to Shakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. Instead it comes directly from Mahavairocana.
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