[Kannon Reigenki Saigoku Pilgrimage] No. 11 Yamashiro Kami-Daigoji Temple / Sojo Shobo
“Kannon Reigenki Saigoku Pilgrimage No. 11 Yamashiro Kami-Daigoji Temple Sojo Shobo”
|Kannon Reigenki (Miraculous Tales of Kannon) |Saigoku (Western Provinces) |Junrei (Pilgrimage) No. 11 |Yamashiro Kami- (Upper Yamashiro) |Daigoji Temple
|Even those with adverse karma are saved by Kannon's compassion,
|The pilgrimage hall is truly reliable.
* "Kuwan" refers to |Gan (Vow/Wish).
|Sojo Shobo
|The founder of this mountain, |Sojo Shobo, opened paths through |various mountains, built |bridges over rivers, and also launched |boats to assist with |travel, doing so |many |times.
* "|Sojo Shobo" is a Shingon monk from the early Heian period, known as the restorer of Shugendo.
Long ago, |En no Ozunu began the |mountain entry (mineiri) of |Yamabushi, entering from |Kumano to |Omine and exiting at |Yoshino. However, after that, a |giant snake |appeared and |tormented people, making it |impossible to perform the |mountain entry. |Shobo |used an |axe to |defeat that |giant snake and |exited from |Omine to |Kumano. This is called the "|Reverse |Mountain Entry."
|However, |Shobo |touched the |snake's poison and |developed |painful sores. Since the |pain was unbearable, he |believed in the |Juntei |Dharani. In a |miraculous dream of |great compassion, he was told, "There is |miraculous water on |Mt. Kasatori in |Uji District. This is where the |Buddhas of the |three worlds |manifest, and if you perform |consecration with the |Daigo Sutra, |hurry there and |bathe." |Shobo rejoiced and |bathed as |instructed, and his |painful sores |healed |instantly.
Because of this, he |built a |temple |here. You should know that |Daigo is a |name modeled after that |miraculous water.
* "|Juntei |Dharani" refers to Cundi Kannon.
* "|Reimu" means a miraculous dream.
* "|Reisui" means miraculous water.
* "|Buddhas of the |three worlds" is a Buddhist term. It refers to the Buddhas who appear, one thousand in each of the three worlds of past, present, and future.
* "|Eigo" refers to a deity or Buddha appearing in a temporary form. Also read as eiko or yogo.
* "Yuami" means |bathing.
* "|Go" means |name/title.
* Reference: "Record of Pilgrimages to the 100 Kannon Temples of Saigoku, Chichibu, and Bando", "Illustrated Miraculous Tales of the 33 Kannon Temples of Saigoku", "Illustrated Miraculous Tales of the 33 Kannon Temples of Saigoku", "Illustrated Miraculous Tales of the 33 Kannon Temples of Saigoku" (National Diet Library Digital Collections)
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