Jizoo　 sai no kawara

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-1104209047577652022004-12-27T20:39:00.000-08:002009-07-01T00:43:03.610-07:00Jizoo　 sai no kawara<a href="http://darumasan.blogspot.com/">[ . BACK to TOP . ]</a> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Stone Jizoo 石地蔵 and Sai no Kawara <a href="http://darumamuseumgallery.blogspot.com/2007/04/jizo-bosatsu.html">Jizoo Bosatsu (Kshitigarbha) 地蔵菩薩 </a> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/gabigreve2000/jizoglasses.jpg" /> 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 <a href="http://www.ehime-iinet.or.jp/miyakubo/main/shop/stone/syou.htm">http://www.ehime-iinet.or.jp/miyakubo/main/shop/stone/syou.htm</a> <a href="http://www.ehime-iinet.or.jp/miyakubo/main/shop/stone/gaiyou.htm">http://www.ehime-iinet.or.jp/miyakubo/main/shop/stone/gaiyou.htm</a> <a href="http://www.ehime-iinet.or.jp/sren/08miyakubo/jpg/sekira5.jpg">http://www.ehime-iinet.or.jp/sren/08miyakubo/jpg/sekira5.jpg</a> <a href="http://www.ehime-iinet.or.jp/sren/08miyakubo/jpg/sekira1.jpg">http://www.ehime-iinet.or.jp/sren/08miyakubo/jpg/sekira1.jpg</a> <a href="http://www.ehime-iinet.or.jp/sren/08miyakubo/jpg/sekira2.jpg">http://www.ehime-iinet.or.jp/sren/08miyakubo/jpg/sekira2.jpg</a> ................................... 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 <a href="http://haikuguy.com/issa/search.php?keywords=&romaji=jizo&comment=&year=">Tr. David Lanoue </a> :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: temple in autumn - your smile helps me on the way <center><img src="http://www.geocities.com/gabigreve2000/jizosmiling.jpg" /></center> I will add more pictures of this temple later. 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. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <img src="http://www.geocities.com/gabigreve2000/pilgrimpathazalea.jpg" /> pilgrim's path - a stone to remember but what ? ................................................ <img src="http://www.geocities.com/gabigreve2000/jizoazaleas.jpg" /> azaleas in full bloom Jizoo's smile unmoved ........................................................................ <center><img src="http://www.geocities.com/gabigreve2000/jizostonelantern.jpg" /> </center> stone lantern with moss - six Jizoo teaching in great silence .. .. .. .. .. a roof of stone .. .. .. .. .. is all you need .. .. .. .. .. is all I need 。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。 Ishi-jizoo 　Zukin no yabureshi 　Kan modori Little Stone Buddha - Your hood all torn And the cold coming back! Fuyu no bochi. Booshi ni koke no Jizoosama! Graveyard in winter. For a hood you have moss, Little Stone Buddha. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <img src="http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/gabigreve2000/imgs/b/b/bb3fa366.jpg" /> cherry blossoms - on the way to the temple I think of you More cherry pictures of 2005, Tanjo-Ji temple in Okayama. <a href="http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gabigreve2000/album?.dir=/83f5">http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gabigreve2000/album?.dir=/83f5</a> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 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. <img src="http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/worldkigo/imgs/3/9/39518227.jpg" /> 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: <a href="http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/other-stones-jizo-hyakudo.html">http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/other-stones-jizo-hyakudo.html</a> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Jizoo figures heavily in the Haiku of Issa. David Lanoue has a profound essay on this subject. <a href="http://darumamuseumgallery.blogspot.com/2007/04/jizo-bosatsu.html">Issa and Jizo Haiku </a> Safety copy is here: <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Haiku-Essays/message/58">groups.yahoo.com/group/Haiku-Essays/ </a> 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. <a href="http://www.aosara.com/articles/jizo.htm">http://www.aosara.com/articles/jizo.htm</a> Read my extensive articles about Sai no Kawara. <a href="http://images.google.co.jp/images?hl=en&q=%E8%B3%BD%E3%81%AE%E6%B2%B3%E5%8E%9F&amp;ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="CLICK here for more photos !" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_AdeUgwXpSAM/Rtjtq8p40YI/AAAAAAAADzk/Qz5YDlMeu-E/s200/sainokawara.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Darumasan-Japan/message/502">. . . . . My first article about Sai no Kawara 賽の河原!</a> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Darumasan-Japan/message/504">. . . . . My second article about Sai no Kawara !</a> <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/sai-no-kawara.html#listofsainokawarasites">List of Sai-no-Kawara Sites in Japan</a> Mark Schumacher has all the details ! Read more about Jizoo Bosatsu Buddhastatues: <a href="http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/jizo1.shtml">... www.onmarkproductions.com/html/jizo</a> <a href="http://darumamuseumgallery.blogspot.com/2007/04/jizo-bosatsu.html">Jizo Bosatsu Daruma Museum </a> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 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 <a href="http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/11/wind-in-various-kigo-kaze.html">WKD : Nirvana West wind (nehan nishi 涅槃西風)</a> <a href="http://images.google.co.jp/images?gbv=2&hl=en&sa=1&q=%E9%A2%A8%E8%BB%8A%E8%B3%BD%E3%81%AE%E6%B2%B3%E5%8E%9F&btnG=Search+images"><img style="WIDTH: 129px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 86px" alt="CLICK for more photos " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AdeUgwXpSAM/SksQpU723FI/AAAAAAAAQXE/NpImtUwjRhQ/s400/sainokawara.jpg" border="0" /></a> 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 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: To the Daruma Museum Index <a href="http://darumasan.blogspot.com/">http://darumasan.blogspot.com/ </a> To the Worldkigo Database <a href="http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/">http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/</a> :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8669788-110420904757765202?l=happyhaiku.blogspot.com'/></div>Gabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.com16