2025-Week07

第7週目のまとめ

1. 西門

• 仏教では西に「西方極楽浄土」があり、そこに阿弥陀如来がいると考えられている。

• 人々は西門から、夕日に山が赤く輝き、その極楽浄土のように見える風景を拝んだ。

• 西門は極楽の入り口、またあの世とこの世の境として考えられている。

• 日の入りとともに自分の最期を思い、手を合わせる場所として、生と死の共生という日本人の死生観が色濃く表れている。

2. 本堂

• 本堂は内陣、内内陣、外陣、舞台で構成されている。

• 本来内陣は御祈祷、法要の際に使われ、普段は入れない。

• お厨子と呼ばれる扉がついた箱の中に御本尊がおられる。

• 普段は扉が閉められており、33年に1度開けられる。

🌟お厨子の中に仏様がおられるかそうでないかは重要ではなく、私たち自身が存在を感じられるかどうかが重要。

• 千手観音様

・一つ一つの腕には25の役割があり、左右合わせて40本で40✖️25で1000を表している。

・観音様は寄り添う仏様で決して遠い存在ではなく、いつも近くにいて形を変えて見守ってくれている。

• 「寄り添う」とは

・自分の心と相手の心が共鳴している瞬間を指す。

・心の感度を上げることで共鳴できるが、自分自身の心のケアも重要。

• 清水寺のテーマ

・ 観音様の観音浄土の再現

・二元対立ではなく、一元の世界で見ている。

🌟同じ世界でも少し見方、考え方を変えるだけで意味合いが大きく変わる。

3. 舞台

• 仏様のために作られた高さ13mの舞台

• 江戸時代では240人ほど飛んでいる

• 飛ぶ作法

・仏様に身を任せて落ちる願掛け行為

・21日間泊まりこんで拝む、朝人気のない時に本堂の方を向いて、手を合わせて後ろ向きに落ちる。

• 音羽の滝

・観音様は様々な形に変化されることから、水もそういった意味で観音様の化身と考えれている。

・そのため、音羽の滝は霊水として昔から大事にされている。

・清水寺の由来はそういった霊水を浴びたり、飲んだりすることによって清められることとされている。

まとめ

🌟「見方、考え方を変えるだけで意味合いが大きく変わる、重要なのは自身が持つ心のあり方」🌟

Week7 Summary

1. Saimon 

• In Buddhism, it is believed that the “Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss” lies to the west, where Amitabha Buddha resides.

• People would worship the view from the west gate, where the mountains glow red in the sunset, appearing as if the Pure Land truly exists.

• The gate is considered the entrance to paradise, the boundary between this world and the afterlife.

• At sunset, people reflect on their own mortality and join their hands in prayer, embodying the Japanese view of life and death.

2. Hondou

• consists of the inner sanctuary, innermost sanctuary, outer sanctuary, and the stage.

• The inner sanctuary is usually used for prayers and Buddhist ceremonies and is not open to the public.

• Inside a box called the “zushi” (a miniature shrine) resides the principal deity.

• The doors are usually closed and are only opened once every 33 years.

🌟 Whether the Buddha is physically present inside the shrine is not what matters; what is important is whether we can sense and feel that presence ourselves.

Senju Kannon (Thousand-Armed Kannon)

• Each of the 40 arms (excluding the two joined in prayer) has 25 functions, symbolizing 1,000 helping hands (25 × 40 = 1,000).

• Kannon is a compassionate, “close-by” Buddha—not a distant figure, but one who always watches over us in different forms.

What does “Yorisou” mean?

• It refers to moments when your heart resonates with another’s.

• While raising your emotional sensitivity allows for such resonance, it’s equally important to care for your own heart to avoid emotional fatigue.

Theme of Kiyomizu-dera

• A recreation of the Pure Land of Kannon.

• Seeing the world not as a binary (dualistic) system, but as a unified (non-dual) whole.

🌟 Even within the same world, just by slightly changing your perspective or way of thinking, the meaning of things can change drastically.

3. Stage

• A 13-meter-high stage built for the Buddha.

• In the Edo period, around 240 people are recorded to have jumped from it.

Jumping Ritual:

• A wish-making act of giving yourself up to the Buddha.

• would stay at the temple for 21 days, pray deeply, then, in the early morning when no one was around, face the main hall, join hands in prayer, and jump backward.

Otowa Waterfall

• Kannon transforms into many forms; similarly, water, which also takes many shapes, is considered an embodiment of Kannon.

• Therefore, the waters of Otowa Waterfall have long been revered as sacred.

• The name “Kiyomizu-dera” originates from the belief that bathing in or drinking this sacred water brings purification.

6, Summary

🌟 “By simply changing the way we look at things or the way we think, the meaning can change greatly. What’s truly important is the state of mind we hold within ourselves.” 🌟

comment from week 7:

It’s been almost a year since I started going to the gym, and now I’ve been working out consistently for six straight months.
Finally, I’m beginning to feel the changes in my body.

It’s been tough because you can’t see your body’s progress day by day — it takes time before the results start to show.
There were so many times when I didn’t feel like going to the gym, but I kept pushing myself, and now I can feel the growth.

I’ve realized that one of the most important keys to success is consistency.
It’s so easy to talk about your dreams to others, but without action, they’re just dreams — they’ll never come true.
You have to keep moving forward and keep grinding, no matter what it takes, for the sake of your dream.

I haven’t reached my goal yet, so I have to keep grinding too!!