Sunrise at Jotogamine🌅
"Pilgrimage to Taiseki-ji Temple Reiho Mushipai Puja"
From Tottori Prefecture, I drove 7 hours by car and arrived at the parking lot of Tsunetogamine in Taiseki-ji Temple.
After the COVID19 disaster, I often stayed at a nearby hotel from the day before and visited the mountain climbing office around 9 o'clock.
This time I could see the sunrise for the first time at Taiseki-ji Temple because I arrived early in the morning without staying the day before.
The weather was good and I was able to welcome a pleasant morning.
When Abutsubo-den made his third pilgrimage from Sado to Minobu in July of the first year of Koan in the Kamakura period, he was 90 years old. He walked one way for 21 days with the intention of meeting Nichiren Daishonin.
It was truly a life-saving climb.
I feel that it is important to be grateful for the convenience of modern times and to climb in the spirit of Abutsubo-den.
After the death of Daishonin-sama, Minobu became a mountain of slander because of the evil righteousness of Sanenaga NAGII, the jito (estate steward), and the second ancestor, Nikko Shonin-sama, descended the mountain.
Taiseki-ji Temple was built in Ueno, Mt. Fuji, with donation from Tokimitsu NANJO.
Looking at the reality that all the five old monks who were direct disciples of Nichiren Daishonin have receded, it is possible to understand how difficult the path of this Buddhist practice is.
Today, there is no end to war in the world, the transformation of ideology and nationalism, and the disregard for the dignity of life by politicians and the military-industrial complex is ultimately a poison and religious war that originated from wrong religious views.
[Rissho Ankoku Theory]
"When you turn the tube and sing the scriptures, everyone in the world turns against you and turns everyone into evil. Therefore, you leave the kingdom of the good gods and leave the sanctuary without returning. That is why demons come and demons come, and disasters happen and hardships happen."
[Kyoo-den's reply]
"This mandala should be believed and believed. Namu Myoho Renge-kyo Sutra is like a Moroshiku. What kind of illness should be done. It seems that you should protect those who have the title of Onishi Mother God, Jurasetsunyo, and Lotus Sutra. Good luck should be like Aizen, and good luck should be like Bishamon. There should be no play in any place. You should go and be like Prince Moroshiko without fear."
私も以前、早朝に常灯ヶ峰を訪れて日の出を見る機会がありました。夜明け前の静けさの中で、東の空が徐々に明るくなり、太陽が顔を覗かせる瞬間の感動は言葉に尽くせません。大石寺の歴史を思いながら静かに手を合わせ、弘安元年から続く信仰の重みを肌で感じられる場所であると実感しました。 御霊宝虫払法会の神聖な空気は、現代の忙しい生活の中で心の平穏を取り戻す良い機会となります。登山事務所が9時頃に向かうケースが多い中、早朝に参詣することで、他の参拝者とは違った特別な時間が過ごせました。歴史上、阿仏房殿が90歳という高齢にもかかわらず片道21日かけて歩いたという話は、その想いの強さに胸を打たれます。 私の体験から言えますが、登山や参詣はただ目的地に行くことだけでなく、その過程での自然との対話や精神を鍛えるための修行的要素も非常に大きいです。立正安国論が示すように、困難な時代を乗り越えるためにも、日蓮大聖人の教えに基づく仏道修行が現代社会にも活かせることは間違いありません。 このように、常灯ヶ峰で見る日の出と法会参拝の 体験は、ただの観光以上の意味を持ち、心の糧になる貴重な経験です。皆さんも機会があれば、ぜひこの神聖で澄んだ朝の空気と歴史ある場所を訪れてみてはいかがでしょうか。