Reflections

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Reflections


wayside graveyard -
taking pictures of pictures
while time passes on






I feel like a Japanese goldfish in a bowl :o)






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Monju Bosatsu and the Goldfish


One day Manjushri stood outside the gate
when the Buddha called to him.
"Manjushri, Manjushri, why do you not enter?"
"I do not see a thing outside the gate.
Why should I enter?"
Manjushri answered.

The Iron Flute, Nyogen Senzaki



KOAN and Haiku (01) .. 公案と俳句



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..... FISH as a kigo


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Jizoo sai no kawara

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Stone Jizoo 石地蔵 and Sai no Kawara

Jizoo Bosatsu (Kshitigarbha) 地蔵菩薩





getting older -
even the gods
need glasses

年を取る　神様さえかける　眼鏡かな

aelter werden -
selbst die Goetter
tragen Brille

This little Jizoo is quite special with his glasses. I saw him at Oshima Island in the Seto Inland Sea at an amazing Stone Gallery, Sekiraku.

ストーンギャラリー　 石楽
http://www.ehime-iinet.or.jp/miyakubo/main/shop/stone/syou.htm
http://www.ehime-iinet.or.jp/miyakubo/main/shop/stone/gaiyou.htm

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................................... Issa has this to say:

地蔵さへとしよるやうに木の葉哉
jizô sae toshiyoru yô ni konoha kana

even holy Jizo
is looking older...
fallen leaves

Tr. David Lanoue

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temple in autumn -
your smile helps me
on the way





This Jizoo has a smile like the little son of my best Japanese friend. Amazing!

ten takashi akaboo Jizoo no egao kana
天高し赤帽 地蔵の　笑顔かな

Bright Autum sky!
Jizoo with his red hood
Smiling peacefully.


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pilgrim's path -
a stone to remember
but what ?


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azaleas in full bloom
Jizoo's smile
unmoved


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stone lantern with moss -
six Jizoo teaching
in great silence

.. .. .. .. .. a roof of stone
.. .. .. .. .. is all you need
.. .. .. .. .. is all I need


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Ishi-jizoo 　Zukin no yabureshi 　Kan modori

Little Stone Buddha -
Your hood all torn
And the cold coming back!


Fuyu no botchi. Booshi ni koke no Jizoosama!

Graveyard in winter.
For a hood you have moss,
Little Stone Buddha.


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cherry blossoms -
on the way to the temple
I think of you



More cherry pictures of 2005, Tanjo-Ji temple in Okayama.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grevegabi4000/sets/72157603333069056/


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The Jizoo Wheel, Jizooguruma 地蔵車

There is a Japanese Buddhist variant of the Hyakudo Mairi Shinto tradition that involves the beloved Jizo Bosatsu. It is called the 地蔵車. This translates as the Jizo Wheel (which includes the afterlife wheel, goshooguruma 後生車, ごしょうぐるま) and the Bosatsu wheel (bodaiguruma 菩提車, ぼだいぐるま).
Found in front of many temples. When you say your wish while turning the wheel downward, a wish for the afterlife will be granted. When you turn the wheel upward, a wish for your present life will be granted.


Eifuku-Ji, Nr. 54, Shikoku, May 2005

Jizoo Wheel -
a mother places flowers
on the grave

Read more about this Jizoo Wheel at Mark Schumacher's pages:
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/other-stones-jizo-hyakudo.html


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Jizoo figures heavily in the Haiku of Issa.
David Lanoue has a profound essay on this subject.
Issa and Jizo Haiku

Safety copy is here:
groups.yahoo.com/group/Haiku-Essays/

Read this haiku of Issa

suzume no ko jizoo no sode ni kakure keri (1814)

baby sparrow
safe in Saint Jizoo's
sleeve

And now learn more about the Sleeve of Jizoo's robe

In Shinto mythology
the story goes that between life and death there flows a river.
This river is called Sai no Kawara 賽の河原　 (translated it means Sai [Childrens Limbo; Limbo means a region on the border of hell or heaven, serving as the abode after death of unbaptized infants.] Kawara [riverside].
According to Shinto belief, children do not go to heaven or hell, but the souls of the dead babies play on the banks of this river, Sai no Kawara. And one of the things they have to do as their Duty (penance) there, is to stack up pebbles, and build little towers.

However, while doing so, a naughty, horrible devil usually appears who disturbs their playing, breaks their towers up, and scares them. And, it is here where the long sleeves of Jizos robe comes in handy.

Because Jizo is the god who protects children, and he does not fail to protect them there on the banks of the Sai no Kawara. So when scared by this devil, they all jump into the sleeve of Jizos robe, where they hide and feel safe and warm. It is said that in the old days, some of the Jizo statues were covered in pebbles from people
who stacked the pebbles in front of the Jizo, because it is believed, that for every tower of pebbles you build on earth, you help the souls of the dead children to perform their duty there on the Sai no Kawara.
http://www.aosara.com/articles/jizo.htm


Read my extensive articles about Sai no Kawara.



. Sai no Kawara and Mount Osorezan .

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. Sanzu no Kawa 三途の川 River Sanzu, on the way to hell .


Read more about Jizoo Bosatsu Buddhastatues:
... www.onmarkproductions.com/html/jizo


Jizo Bosatsu - Daruma Museum - Introduction





- List of Sai-no-Kawara Sites in Japan
Mark Schumacher has all the details !

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H A I K U


哭け哭けと賽の河原へ涅槃西風
kokekoke to sai no kawara e Nehan Nishi

koke koke kok
the Nirvana West Wind blows
toward the limbo for children

hira333
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/hira333/20090405/p21

WKD : Nirvana West wind (nehan nishi 涅槃西風)







風車賽の河原のモーツァルト
kazaguruma sai no kawara no moozaruto

windwheels
and Mozart at the limbo
for children

anonymous
http://gendaihaiku.gr.jp/haikukai/result/37_touku.htm


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Jizo Bosatsu - Daruma Museum - Introduction


. Daruma Megane ダルマメガネ Daruma glasses .


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Yukidaruma

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Snowman 雪だるま　 Yukidaruma
－ "Daruma from Snow" -

. WKD : yukidaruma ゆきだるま,雪だるま、雪達磨 . ..... sunooman スノーマン - kigo for late winter



source :　nichijou.wikia.com




source :　flickr.com/photos/onlygemini
nano block toys


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snowman Daruma -
the kids love you
until you melt



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snowman Daruma -
a Scottish hat
to keep warm





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source :　wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hirokage

dog stealing a workman's meal from a snow Daruma

Hirokage - Comic Incidents at Famous Places in Edo
(Edo meisho dôke zukushi - No. 22),





Two Blind Men and Snowman

. Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 .


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- source : Usaburo Kokeshi -


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source :　japaneseartsgallery.com/tag/hiyoshi-mamoru
Hiyoshi Mamoru




Children Making Snow-Man(子供遊び 雪だるま)
- Konobu Hasegawa


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Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)
豊原国周(とよはらくにちか)
Reference


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Snowman Daruma - Beeso Daruma ベーそだるま

Look at more winter photos :
source : togakushi-jinja.jp/blog

. WKD : Togakushi Shrine .

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source :　jameelcentre.ashmolean.org


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Before Daruma san became the representative of a SNOWMAN, the Japanese called it
"Snow-Buddha", yukibotoke. Especially Issa made many haiku with this word.

But now I want to show you a real cold Snow Buddha in my garden. The stone statue is a replica from the famous Shakyamuni statues in Gandhara, called "Shakyamuni during his ascetic practise" kugyoozoo 苦行象. It is about 70 cm high and if you hit the stone halo with your finger, it makes a wonderful sound too.






Here is my Snow-Buddha from the side.



Snow-Buddha -
a snow hat
to keep warm

Snow-Buddha -
your bare shoulders covered
for how long?



Read more about Issa and the Snow Buddhas here:
Snowman (yuki Daruma) Japan (yuki-botoke)


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snow:
the Buddha of Knowledge
gains weight

Chibi
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Darumasan-Japan/message/645



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Shared by Brinda Buljore, Joys of Japan 2013


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Tanada

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Tanada 棚田 - The Terraced Rice Fields

May in the rice fields
heavenly water
down on the earth








after the harvest
waiting for better days
patiently



　





early first snow -
a meeting of white folk
in the fields


　


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A page with more links about the Tanada

私の大垪和西の棚田　－　Tanada Ohaga Michi no Eki



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Rice fields(tanbo, tanada) Japan. A list of kigo.

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First Snow

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First Snow / Hatsu yuki


early first snow -
will the leaves decide
to fall now?




A most spectacular morning with dark blue sky, white earth and red leaves inbetween.


Further down the road, a wide view on my very own Siberia.

sea of clouds
hovering over
land of snow







first snow -
breathtaking moments
melting away

and all was gone within three hours.


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Hekigan Roku, Case 13: Haryo's "Silver Bowl"

A monk asked Haryo, "What is the Deva Sect?"
Haryo said, "Heaping up snow in a silver bowl."


my bowl of snow
all filled with silver -
the mind wanders


More about my Musings on this Koan, October 2006



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Snow (yuki) Japan .
Many kigo related to snow.


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Camellia / Tsubaki

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Camellia / Tsubaki

early morning sun -
a frozen bud
thaws into life

..... ..... Morgensonne -
..... ..... eine gefrorene Knospe
..... ..... taut ins Leben





朝焼けや凍てし蕾の和らげり .. ..
(Tr. 畑　毅)

My Sasanka tree is in full bloom now, with early December morning frost doing no harm but enhancing the beauty.


. Camellia, Winter 2011 .


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gyoojamichi
ashibumi karuku
ochitsubaki






.. .. .. ascetic's path -
.. .. .. walking with light steps
.. .. .. on fallen camellias


The walk up the hermitage in our local temple is a joy during camellia season.


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Camellia (tsubaki)
Sasanka, Sazanka, yabutsubaki, ochitsubaki


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Fallen Leaves - Ochiba

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.. .. .. .. Fallen Leaves


sweeping fallen leaves -
the wind sweeps
faster




sweeping the leaves
with a broom like old Jittoku -
again and again



Here you also find the story of the Broom and Jittoku.
Kanzan and Jittoku 寒山と拾得　
Two Zen Friends (Han Shan and Shi-De)




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Read my Stories about Kurashiki
. Kurashiki Papermachee Dolls .


and Koraku-En, a famous park in Okayama City.
. Koraku-En, an Autumn Walk .

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The famous Zen priest, Ryokan san (Ryookan 良寛）, also enjoyed to sweep his temple grounds, as you could see in the picture below.



http://www.kurashiki.co.jp/entsuji/ryokan21-e.htm


The leaves are falling
Just enough to make a fire―
A gift of the wind!


. Ryokan san, 良寛さん .
Ryokan (Ryookan 良寛, 1758-1831)


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Fallen leaves (ochiba) kigo


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