This is the film by Ohenro Index.
Ohenro is the pilgrimage visiting 88 temples in Shikoku (island in west Japan.)
We hope this film help your pilgrimage and travel in Japan.
And hopefully attract who has interests in Japan tourism and pilgrimage.
#42 Butsumoku-ji
Around the second year of the Daidō era, Kobo Daishi met an old man pulling a cow in this area, and as he was invited to walk on the cow's back, he saw a jewel hanging from the top of a large camphor tree, emitting light. I saw it.
If you look closely, you will see that this is a jewel that Daishi threw towards the east with Sanko when he returned from Tang Dynasty, hoping that a place with good fortune would be chosen.
Daishi decided to build a hall in this area, believing it to be a sacred place.
The master carved a statue of Dainichi Nyorai out of camphor tree, buried a jewel between his eyebrows, and made it a white pagoda.He enshrined it as his principal image, named it ``Ichikayama Butsugoku-dera,'' and carved it with ``Heart Sutra'' and ``Heart Sutra,'' which he had copied in cursive. It is said that a volume of the Kegon Sutra was dedicated to him.
After that, the temple attracted worshipers as Dainichi, the Buddha who protects the safety of cows and horses, and during the Kamakura period it flourished, serving as a family temple for the Saionji family, the lords of Uwajima.
A hall called the livestock hall in the precincts is dedicated to cow and horse straw sandals, as well as ceramics and plaques depicting cows and horses.
At a nearby farm, I went to visit the shrine when rice planting was finished, received a guardian tag for the cows and horses, returned home, and pasted it on the pillar of the livestock barn.
In the past, people prayed for the safety of the livestock that farmed with them, but these days, memorial services are held for the spirits of animals, including pets.
●Point to watch around.
Bell cherry blossoms with thatched roof
The unique thatched-roofed bell tower that gives off a unique atmosphere at Butsugokuji Temple is said to have been rebuilt during the Genroku era (1688-1704), and has a history of over 300 years.
・Livestock hall
This hall is typical of Butsuguji Temple, which is known as the guardian Buddha of cattle, horses, and livestock.
Every year, on the second day of the ox in the sixth month of the lunar calendar, a cucumber is used as a scapegoat for humans, cows, and horses to ward off disease, and then the cucumber is thrown into a river.
The process is to verbally explain your prayer and hand over the Japanese melon you brought with you, and he will make a hole in it and make a prayer.
Stuff the bill into the hole, cover it with soybeans, and enjoy.
It is a good idea to take this home and place it in your alcove or Buddhist altar.
It is said that if you chant a prayer while stroking the bad parts of your body, you will receive good luck.
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This is the film by Ohenro Index.
Ohenro is the pilgrimage visiting 88 temples in Shikoku (island in west Japan.)
We hope this film help your pilgrimage and travel in Japan.
And hopefully attract who has interests in Japan tourism and pilgrimage.
お遍路八十八霊場と結願後の第一札所・霊山寺のお礼参りおよび高野山・奥ノ院の合計九十寺をお参りする動画です。
英語版と日本語版をリリースいたしますので、お遍路の旅の参考に、あるいはお遍路疑似体験になれば幸いです
●仏木寺
大同2年のころ、弘法大師はこの地で牛を引く老人と出会い、誘われるまま牛の背に乗って歩むと、楠の大樹の梢に一つの宝珠がかかって光を放っているのを目にした。
よく見ると、これは大師が唐から帰朝するときに、有縁の地が選ばれるようにと、三鈷とともに東方に向かって投げた宝珠であった。
大師は、この地こそ霊地であると堂宇の建立を決心した。
楠で大日如来像を彫造、眉間に宝珠を埋めて白毫とした大師はこれを本尊として安置し、「一カ山仏木寺」と名づけ、草字体で書写した『般若心経』と『華厳経』一巻を奉納されたと伝わる。
その後、寺は牛馬安全の守り仏、大日さまとして信仰をあつめ、鎌倉時代には宇和島領主・西園寺家の祈祷、菩提寺となるなど隆盛を誇った。
境内にある家畜堂というお堂には牛や馬の草鞋をはじめ、牛馬の陶磁器、扁額などが奉納されている。
近隣の農家では田植えが終わったころに参拝に行き、牛馬の守護札を受けて帰り、畜舎の柱に貼っていた。
往時は農耕をともにした家畜たちの安全を祈願していたが、最近ではペットなども含めて動物の霊が供養されている。
また、闘牛の飼育者の間にも信仰が広がっているという。
●見どころ
・茅葺き屋根の鐘桜
仏木寺でひときわ風情を醸し出す珍しい茅葺き屋根の鐘桜堂は元禄年間(1688～1704)に再建されたといわれており、実に300年以上もの歴史がある
・家畜堂
牛馬家畜の守護仏として知られる仏木寺らしいお堂。
毎年、旧暦6月の土用の丑の日と二の丑には、瓜(キュウリ)を人間や牛馬の身代わりとして病気を封じ込め、川に流すという「瓜封じ」の休養が行われている。
手順は祈願の内容を口頭で伝えて持参した瓜を渡すと、穴を1ヶ所開けて祈祷をしてくれる
その穴に札を詰めて、大豆でふたをしたものを頂く。
これは家に持ち帰って床の間や仏壇に置くとよい。
それを体の悪い部分を撫でながら祈りを唱えるとご利益があるという
16 окт 2024
