2015年09月25日21:04
Friday, September 18
The cluster amaryllis flower is known as “Higan-bana” in Japan, because they begin to burst in to blossom a few days before “Higan-e”(the Buddhist services and practices held for a period of seven days over the equinox).
Every year at this time I find them bursting out here and there, I am amazed at how exactly they announce the coming of “Higan-e”.
According to the old Buddhism teaching , “Higan”(the other shore, Pure Land of Utmost Bliss）exists in the west very far away. While our real world is called “Shigan” (this shore).
Therefore, from old times, Japanese people have made special services and practices expecting the distance from Shigan to Higan should be the shortest during Higan-e when the sun sets due west.
The supporting members of my temple are also accustomed to coming to the temple and cleaning their stone graves thoroughly and putting flowers in front of them during Higan-e. So, I should clean up the temple to welcome them.
Therefore, I asked Mr.Ikegawa, the master of weeding and cleaning, to help us clean up the garden. As soon as I saw him again, I asked him how to weed the lawn, because I had admired his work to weed the lawn very beautifully and quickly last time. He showed me how to weed it slowly.
His way was very simple and practical. He is really the master of weeding and cleaning the garden.
I think there are many other kind of masters in Japan and they all support our country well.
“Higan-bana”≫
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Friday, September 18
The cluster amaryllis flower is known as “Higan-bana” in Japan, because they begin to burst in to blossom a few days before “Higan-e”(the Buddhist services and practices held for a period of seven days over the equinox).
Every year at this time I find them bursting out here and there, I am amazed at how exactly they announce the coming of “Higan-e”.
According to the old Buddhism teaching , “Higan”(the other shore, Pure Land of Utmost Bliss）exists in the west very far away. While our real world is called “Shigan” (this shore).
Therefore, from old times, Japanese people have made special services and practices expecting the distance from Shigan to Higan should be the shortest during Higan-e when the sun sets due west.
The supporting members of my temple are also accustomed to coming to the temple and cleaning their stone graves thoroughly and putting flowers in front of them during Higan-e. So, I should clean up the temple to welcome them.
Therefore, I asked Mr.Ikegawa, the master of weeding and cleaning, to help us clean up the garden. As soon as I saw him again, I asked him how to weed the lawn, because I had admired his work to weed the lawn very beautifully and quickly last time. He showed me how to weed it slowly.
His way was very simple and practical. He is really the master of weeding and cleaning the garden.
I think there are many other kind of masters in Japan and they all support our country well.
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