Chapter 8 Eleven to fifteen

eleven Tokudaiji Temple The second son of the Heike family, Zong Shengqing, took over the post of Konoe general because of the position of Da Nayan Shidingqing of Tokudaiji Temple. He temporarily lived in seclusion at home, and later said that he would become a monk to become a Taoist.All the doctors[1] and warriors who interacted with him were very sorry, but they didn't know how to persuade him.Among them was a doctor named Fujiwara Zangren Shigekan, who was very sensible. One night, when the moon was in the sky, Shidingqing stayed alone in the room and asked someone to put up the south-facing lattice window [2], facing the moon. Xiaoge, Tibetan Fujiwara walked in at this time, probably wanting to comfort him.Da Nayan asked: "Who is it?" He replied: "It's Chongjian." He asked again: "It's so late, what's the matter?" He replied: "The moonlight is very clear tonight, and my heart is quiet, so I come in to serve you." My lord." Da Nayan said: "It's just in time. I'm feeling lonely in my heart, and I'm a little bored." Then they talked about all kinds of gossip and comforted each other.Da Nayan said: "Observing the current situation, the Heira family is getting more and more prosperous. The eldest son and second son who entered the Dao Xiangguo have become generals on the left and right, and soon it will be the turn of the third son Zhisheng and the first grandson Weisheng. They have been promoted successively in this way. , When will people from other families fill in the vacancy of the general? In this case, it is better to become a monk now." Zhong Jian said with tears: "If you become a monk, won't your whole family be ruined! Shigekan has a clever idea here: the Itsukushima Shrine in Anyi Country is a place highly respected by the Heike family. You can go to that shrine to pray. You can pray there for seven days, and there are many maidens called internal attendants [3], all of whom are very outstanding. They will find it novel and hospitable. If they ask you why you came to pray, tell the truth. When you come back, those priestesses will say goodbye, so you invite the main The witches came to the capital together. If they came to the capital, they would definitely go to Xibajo. At that time, if the minister of Taoism asked why Tokudaiji went to Itsukushima to pray, the servants would tell the truth. He is a very emotional person, he will be very happy when he hears that someone worships the god he respects and prays devoutly, so that you will have the hope of getting a proper official position." Dedai Temple said after listening "I didn't think about this before. It's a good idea. I'll go." So he quickly fasted and went to Yandao.

Sure enough, there were many outstanding priestesses in this shrine, and they received him day and night during the seven days he lived in the temple, and they were very hospitable.During these seven days and seven nights, dance music was held three times, playing pipa and qin, singing Kagura, Shi Dingqing also liked this kind of entertainment very much.In order to please the gods, they sang new-style songs and classical ballads, as well as played local folk songs and traditional gag music, which were rare music at that time.The witches said: "This shrine is a place where the ministers of the Heike family often come to pay homage. It must be strange for you to visit this time. Why did you come to pray?" I have to go, so I come here to pray.” When the seven-day temple prayer period expired, I bid farewell to Daming God and returned to Beijing. For the journey, when it was time to part, we were still reluctant to part, saying that we would send it off for another day, or two days, so we finally arrived in the capital together.He left them to live in the mansion of Deda Temple, treated them hospitablely and gave them many gifts, and then sent them back.

The witches said: "I have already arrived here, how can I not greet our master, who is in the Taoist country?" So they went to Xibatiao.The Taoist Xiangguo hurried out to meet each other and said, "Why are the witches here in groups?" They replied, "Mr. After walking for a day, he felt reluctant to leave, and said that he would see him off for another day, or two more days, and then we came to the capital together.” The prime minister asked, “Why does Deda Temple go to Yandao to pray?” The servants said: “Say It’s for praying for the promotion to general.” Xiangguo Rudao nodded and said, “Oh, what a pity, there are so many Buddhist temples in the capital where he doesn’t go, but he goes to visit the gods I worship, which shows that he is very pious. "So he ordered Komatsu's internal minister to resign the concurrent post of General Zuo, and gave this position to Tokudaiji; the status of Dedaiji surpassed that of his second son, Zong Shengda Nayan, the right-handed general [4].Thinking about it, this is indeed a very clever strategy.It's a pity that Xinda Nayan didn't use such a clever plan, but planned a rebellion that didn't have a good result, so that he killed himself and harmed his son and retainers. It's really a pity.

-------------------------- 【1】Doctor is the title of the five officials.The "doctors" here refer to the five officials who come in and out of the house of Tokudaiji Temple. 【2】In ancient Japan, windows were divided into upper and lower windows, and the upper half was propped up when the window was opened. [3] Internal servants are originally called female officials in the palace. Here they refer to the maidens in the shrine. Their duty is to sing, dance and pray. 【4】The general on the left is higher than the general on the right.When Dedai Temple became the left general, he had a higher status than Qingsheng's second son Zong Sheng (the right general).

-------------------------- twelve Congregation fighting It is also said that the Empress Hou Baihe took Gongxian Sengzheng of Mijing Temple as his teacher, and ordered him to teach the secret method of mantra, that is, to teach the three secret methods of "Dainikon", "Diamond Sutra", and "Su Xidi Sutra". On the 4th, the empowerment [1] ceremony was held at Mijing Temple.The monks of the mountain gate were very angry when they heard the news, and said: "According to the precedent, all initiations and precepts should be held on this mountain. The power of the king of the mountain is now on the mountain, and it is for the initiation and precepts here. Then burn the entire Mijing Temple.” After learning about it, the Empress said, “Let’s forget it.” So after finishing the preparations for the empowerment, the empowerment was temporarily suspended.But because he already had this plan, the Emperor brought the public monk Zhenglinxing Tianwang Temple, built the Wuzhiguang Temple [2], took the water from Kamei as the five bottles of wisdom water [3], and held it in the spiritual place where Buddhism originated. The ceremony of imparting Dharma empowerment.

Originally, it was to appease Sanmon, so he did not give initiation at Mitsui Temple, but disputes broke out between the disciples and disciples on Mt. It is about to perish. This is a major event for the court.The so-called congregation refers to the boy who followed his apprentices and became a mage [4] after he became a monk, or became an intermediate mage who served as a handyman.Since the time when Jue Xunseng, the head master of King Kongshou Temple, was in charge of the mountain gate, the hall congregants took turns staying on duty in the three pagodas of Hengchuan, East Pagoda, and West Pagoda to offer flowers to the Buddhas, so it was also called Xia Zhong [5], and in recent years it was also called As practitioners [6], these people somewhat despise the monks at the mountain gate, and they have repeatedly fought and won.So the authorities of Mt. Hiei reported to the imperial court, saying that the hall members did not obey the master's order and caused troubles repeatedly, so please speed up the crusade; at the same time, they also reported the matter to the military authorities.Therefore, after entering the Dao Xiangguo, he was ordered by the Emperor of France to order Tang Qianzongzhong, the acting state secretary of Jiyiguo, to lead more than 2,000 soldiers from Gyeonggi to attack the hall together with the monks.At that time, the congregation was at Dongyangfang in the west tower. When they heard the news, they gathered troops in Sanjiazhuang in Omi, and then rushed up the mountain to build an earthen castle in Zaizaka.

On September 20th of the same year, 3,000 monks and more than 2,000 officers and soldiers, totaling more than 5,000 people, launched an attack on Hayizaka.This time I thought it would not fail, but the monks wanted the officers and soldiers to take the lead, and the officers and soldiers wanted the monks to be in the front and wait and see each other. They couldn't work together.On one side of the audience were thieves, robbers, bandits, pirates, etc. from all over the world. They were all greedy and violent, and desperate people who did not hesitate to take their lives. --------------------------

[1] Empowerment is a ritual in which Buddhist Tantra pours perfume on the top of the head when conferring precepts. [2] The Shingon School says that the Buddha possesses five kinds of wisdom, namely, the wisdom of the nature of the dharma realm, the wisdom of the great circle mirror, the wisdom of equality, the wisdom of wonderful observation, and the wisdom of reducing actions.Wuzhiguangyuan is the hall built by the Emperor in Tianwang Temple, where the Dainichi Tathagata is housed, also known as the Enlightenment Hall. [3] During the empowerment, five bottles of five kinds of perfume are used to represent the five wisdoms, so it is called five bottles of wisdom water.

【4】Master was originally a good title, saying that he has mastered the Dharma and can be a teacher for others.But then he lost his dignity, like a Chinese monk.The monks and soldiers in the Middle Ages were all over the place for a while, and the Empress Hou Baihe compared the uncontrollableness of Master Shan to the water of He Maochuan. 【5】Buddhists follow the customs of India, every year from April 15th to 90th, they practice in the house, which is called Jiexia Anju, and the handymen who serve during this period are called Xiazhong. [6] That is, Buddhist disciples who practice according to the law.

-------------------------- Thirteen The mountain gate perishes Since then, the gate has declined more and more, and there are very few monks living there except for the Twelve Zen Congregations[1].Most of the lectures in the monasteries in the valleys have stopped, and the homework in the main hall has also stopped.The window of learning is closed, and the bed of meditation is also empty; the four teachings and five o'clock [2], the spring flowers do not return to fragrance, the three truths are [3], and the autumn moon also dims again.There is no one to pick up the Dharma lamp for more than three hundred years; the continuous cigarettes at six o'clock [4] will also be interrupted.At that time, the halls were towering, and the triple towers were inserted in the blue sky;Today, however, there are only mountains, wind, rain and dew enshrined in front of the Buddha; moonlit night lights shine through the dilapidated eaves; only the morning dew has become the decoration on the lotus seat.

In the last days, the Buddhism of the Three Kingdoms [5] also declined successively.In the distant Tianzhu, the Bamboo Forest Abode, where Sakyamuni preached the Dharma in the past, and the Lonely Garden [6] have now become the habitat of jackals, with only the ruined walls and ruins faintly visible.In the bamboo forest garden, the egret pool has long since dried up, only weeds are overgrown; the low-level Jieshi [7] has long since collapsed and is covered with moss.The Tiantai Mountain, Wutai Mountain, Baima Temple, Yuquan Temple and other places in Sinian have all been abandoned, and there are no more monks to live in. Nine sects [8] are all extinct.In Atago, Kaohsiung and other places, there were many pagodas in the past, but now they have all been turned into ruins overnight, and they have become the habitat of tengu [9].The highly respected holy land of Tiantai sect could not have imagined that it would fall into ruins in today's ruled world.Someone wrote a song on the pillar of the living room where no monks lived: Reminiscing back then, worshiping Buddha and protecting the country was called a spiritual land; Look at the present, the monk's house is empty and silent, like a barren mountain. This may be because I remembered that the missionary master [10] prayed for the protection of the Supreme Enlightenment [11] Buddhas when he created it here, so I wrote this song. It is really emotional! Every time The eighth day of the lunar month is the fateful day of the pharmacist Tathagata [12], but there is no sound of reciting "Nanwu Pharmacist"; April is the month when the mountain king [13] appears, and there are no people who donate coins; The vermilion-colored jade wall [14] looks sacred and ancient, and some markings [15] remain for people to pay tribute to. -------------------------- 【1】Twelve monks who practiced samadhi in Hokka Samadhi Hall in Mount Hiei. 【2】Sakyamuni's teachings in his life are divided into four types, called the Four Teachings.Tiantai sects call them sudden, gradual, secret, and indeterminate respectively; according to the period, they can be divided into five periods, namely Huayan period, Luyuan period, Fangdeng period, Prajna period, and Fahua Nirvana period. [3] The Three Truths are the teachings of Tiantai School, which means that the Three Truths are the reality, just like the three truths of emptiness, false truth, and middle truth are one. 【4】Refers to the morning, noon, sunset, first night, middle night, and last night between day and night. 【5】India, China, Japan. 【6】It is the place where Sakyamuni practiced.That is, Gion in the first section of the first volume. [7] The original text is zudupo, which is a transliteration of Sanskrit, and its original meaning is tower.The zudupo here seems to be used as a sign, so it is translated as Jieshi.Retirement means that mortals retire here; Xiacheng means that kings get off here.It is said that when Sakyamuni was preaching on Lingjiu Mountain, King Mogatuo came to listen to the lecture, so he built two steles beside the road, one is called retreating from the ordinary, and the other is called the lower vehicle. [8] The Jushe School, Chengshi School, Lu School, Faxiang School, Sanlun School, Tiantai School, Huayan School, and Shingon School are called eight schools of Buddhism; plus Zen, there are nine schools in total. [9] is a monster in Japanese legends, humanoid, winged, red-faced, high-nosed, and supernatural powers. 【10】See Note 4 and Note 11 of Section 1 of Volume II. [11] That is to have the supreme wisdom to comprehend all truths. [12] The pharmacist Tathagata enshrined in the root middle hall of Mt. Hiei, the eighth day of each month is his fate day, that is, the day when the gods and Buddhas come to the world to show their fate, and the worship ceremony is held as usual. 【13】The king of the mountain is the incarnation of the Yakushi Tathagata in Japan. 【14】Yamagaki is the respectful name for the wall of the shrine. 【15】The standard rope is also used as Zhuliansheng, which means "Zhang Duan Zhulian".It is a kind of straw rope, especially twisted from the left, with three, five, and seven straws hanging down from the middle, so it is also called the three-five-seven rope. It hangs at the door to mark the internal and external boundaries. The inside of the rope is a clean place to block all evil diseases. outside. -------------------------- fourteen Zenkoji Temple【1】on fire At that time, news spread that Zenkoji Temple was on fire.The Tathagata enshrined in Shanguang Temple is a first-class spiritual image in the world.In ancient times, there were five kinds of epidemic diseases in the Shewei Kingdom of Tianzhu, and many people died of them. Therefore, according to the request of the elders of Yuegai, precious placer gold [2] was brought from the Dragon Palace City, and was given by Sakyamuni, Mulian, and Yuegai. The three of them worked together to cast the three statues of Amitabha, one and a half square.After Sakyamuni Nirvana, this Buddha statue remained in India for more than 500 years. Later, due to the spread of Buddhism to the East, it was passed to Baekje.Another thousand years later, in the era of the emperor of Baekje, King Shomyung, that is, the time of Emperor Kinmei of Japan[3], it was spread from Baekje to Japan and spent several years in the seaside of Namba, Settsu country.Because Buddha statues often emit golden light, the country's year name was changed to golden light【4】.In the first ten days of March in the third year of Jinguang (572), there was a man named Honda Zenmitsu in Maji, Shinano, who met Tathagata on his way to Beijing, so they went together. During the day, Zengguang carried the Tathagata on his back, and at night, the Tathagata carried him on his back. Not a day later, he came to Shinano country and was placed in Shuinai County to worship. It has been more than 580 years, and it is the first time that there is a fire.People in the world said: "The king's law will be destroyed, and the Buddha's law will be destroyed first." Probably this is the reason, so people say: "The precious temples and mountains are mostly scattered. This is probably a sign of the end of the Heping family." -------------------------- 【1】Zenkoji Temple is located at the foot of Mount Omine in the north of Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture. [2] The original text is Yanfu sandalwood, that is, the placer gold produced in the Natuo River in Yanfu, which is said to have divine power. [3] According to "Nihon Shoki", in October of the thirteenth year of Emperor Jinmei (552), Baekje offered a gold and copper statue of Sakyamuni, but Japan did not adore it and abandoned it in Horie, Namba. Twenty years later Ben Duo Zenguang was the first to build a temple to worship. [4] Jinguang, there is no such year name in official history.Since the Taika Reform (645), Japan has followed the example of China in adopting era names. -------------------------- fifteen Conley Prayer Let’s talk about those who were exiled to Onikai Island, their lives are like dew on the grass leaves, and they don’t need to be cherished, but Major General Tanba’s father-in-law, Monowaki Prime Minister Hei Gyomori, has a territory in Hizen Country Kagaseso, and often sends them Therefore, Junkuan Sengdu and Kang Lai were able to survive.In the early days of his exile, Kang Lai became a monk in the place of Zhoufang Guoshiji, and his Dharma name was based on the nature. Because he originally intended to become a monk, he composed a song at that time: The world is against my will, why not abandon it earlier! Today's love is gone, and regret is too late. Major General Danba and Kang Laijindao respected Kumano Gongen very much. They discussed: "We should try to move Kumano's three powers to this island so that we can pray for returning to Beijing." So I disagree.The two of them searched hard on the island to see if there was any place similar to Kumano, but they saw that Lintang was beautiful, just like a beautiful red dress; No great views.Looking to the south, the sea is endless, and the clouds and smoke waves are the deepest [1]; looking to the north, the mountains are majestic, and the waterfalls are hundreds of feet from the sky.The sound of the waterfall is loud and the wind blows from the pines. This momentum is very similar to Nachi Mountain where Toki Gonen is located.So he regarded that place as Mount Nachi, this mountain as the main palace, and that mountain as the new palace.Kang Lai entered Taoism as a guide, and Major General Tanba followed him, pretending to pay homage to Kumano every day, praying for his return to Beijing.He prayed: "Nan Wuquan Jingang boy, please take kindness and compassion into your heart, and bless us to go back to our hometown and meet our wives and children again." Bathing in water, it is the clear stream of the Kumano Iwata River, and climbing to a higher place in the mountain is regarded as the gate of the palace [3].Every time he visits the shrine, Kang Lai recites prayers when he enters Taoism. Since there is no paper to make coins, he has to fold flowers instead.Conlay's prayer goes: Dingyou in the first year of Weizhi Chengcheng, there are two months in ten, and the number of days is more than 350. I choose an auspicious day and a good time. With great sincerity and fear, I will tell the first efficacious experience in Japan, Kumano Sansho, in front of Feitaki Bodhisattva.Habayashi [4] Fujiwara Naruto and Shami [5], a pious and faithful scholar, with a pure heart and sincerity, exhausted the ambitions of the three karma corresponding [6], sincerely confess: the one who proves the great Bodhisattva of sincerity [7] will help cross the sea of ​​suffering The leader of the three bodies [8] is also the enlightened king of consummation; the owner of the Eastern Jingliuli King [9], the Tathagata who eliminates all diseases; the leader of the southern Buduoluo Nenghua [10], the eightfold Taoism [11] If you are a prince, you are the master of the whirling world, the Avalokitesvara who gives fearlessness and saves suffering.Therefore, from one person to the people, whether to seek stability in the present world, or to seek peace and prosperity for future generations, clean water to wash away the filth of troubles in the morning, and sing the trumpet to the back mountain in the evening, and the feeling is always there.Today, we use towering peaks to represent the admiration of gods and virtues, and deep valleys to represent the depth of our oaths. We ride up the clouds and descend under the dew. If we don’t believe in my Buddha and Bodhisattva, how can we walk the path of scorpions? If we don’t admire the power of the present Virtue, what is sacrifice in a remote place?For this reason, I pray that the power of sincerity will be revealed, that the power of Feilong will be revealed, that Qinglian's compassionate eyes will be enlightened, and Xiaolu's clever ears will be enlightened.The two powers of Jiegong and Suyugong [12] are present, each at random, guiding sentient beings with predestined relationship, helping those without predestined relationship, giving up the adorned place of the seven treasures, and the eighty-four thousand lights, and the dust of the six paths and three existences [13]. The fixed karma can also be transferred [14], seeking longevity and longevity, because we are the ones who worship together, hold present coins and silk ceremonies, and never miss a day.Wearing the clothes of patience [15], holding the flower of enlightenment [16], moving the ground of the temple, clearing the water of faith, and filling the pool of benefiting life.If you are accepted by the gods, your wishes will surely come true.Pray for the twelve powers to appear [17] and spread the wings of Lisheng, flying away to the sky of the sea of ​​suffering, please grant us the relief of the worries of Zuoqian, and the wish to return to Beijing.Goodbye. -------------------------- [1] See Bai Juyi's poem: "The sea is long, it goes straight down to the bottom and the side is boundless, the clouds and smoke are deepest in the waves, and there are three gods in the legend.". 【2】The lower house of Kumano Gonen.At that time, ninety-nine streets from Kumano to Kyoto were named after princes. [3] is the name of the gate of Kumano Hongu. [4] Borrowing the name from the Tang Dynasty, referring to Cheng Jing as Major General Jinwei. 【5】The monk who received the precepts not long ago refers to Kang Lai who entered the Tao. 【6】That is, the body, speech, and mind are one. [7] That is, Amitabha Tathagata, who is now the God of Zhengcheng in Japan. [8] That is, the dharma body, the retribution body, and the response body. 【9】Jingliu Liguang Tathagata, who traveled to Japan, is Kumano Hayatama right now. 【10】Butuoluo is the pure land dominated by Avalokitesvara.Being able to transform means being able to take the initiative to educate all living beings. 【11】It means the Bodhisattva of Eternal Enlightenment who has ascended to the highest position. [12] That is, Avalokitesvara in the south and the Tathagata Medicine Master in the east. 【13】Buddhist language, the six realms refer to the six worlds that people go to after death according to their actions in life, namely heaven, human world, asura, animals, hungry ghosts, and hell; "Three worlds.All these realms have various defilements. [14] It means that the disasters that are destined to be suffered can be alleviated because of their faith and piety. [15] That is, monks' vestments and cassocks. [16] That is, offering flowers to Buddha. 【17】Refers to Kumano's three powers, five princes, and four gods.