巨福呂川中の大石 Zen temple is like a bigrock of the flow of the river

kenchohji. kamakura

Event to celebrate the 1150 years of Rinzai one of the zen 

and 250years Hakuin Zenji's semicentennial memorial service　

has been done in Kenchoji.

The theme is "live in the present".

This time I had specially to visit the training field of the monks.

It is to monks given this tatami one mat, a meal and Zen meditation and sleep on the tatami.

The first piece photograph of the plate to inform the time to monks. 

Trees gradually cut for hit strong.

 

Before Kenchoji is built, here is the execution ground.The worship Kenchoji from the fact that as the principal image is a Jizo Buddha in rare thing.There is only say that once was chosen to execution ground,From Kamakura city located in the valley across the Pass Kobukuro.Ｌlisten to the proposal of Sakai Taigen Ｍａｓｔｅｒ in the event of both teacher far true name,And in the midst of this rapidly era things flows,Here (temple in general) only feel and is immobile as ｂｉｇｒｏｃｋ in the river.Single-mindedly sat, it enters into the self, the "Mu".Zen meditation is cross-legged, set the finger in a circle, to concentrate on breathing from the fact that exhale.Noisy was women's groups also stopped talking,Silence is wrapped, eventually look like birdsong can be heard well, the sound the wind waver the branches become clarity to the ear.Says the monk, this is "Mu". Rather than that in the head becomes white, that evil thoughts disappear.Ｂecause meditation for experience, to get a "Kyosaku", the monk with a bar　when passing through walk in front of their own, get with hands clasped in prayer, Low Head in the sense that offer from your own.Surprising that they are not to be struck by find a loosening of the body.Twice the meditation of 20 minutes, full of signs also doing thesecond time was messing of bees inthe head and the birds outside of the building , not synchro and crisp.This is the future challenges.

 

建長寺が建立される前はここは処刑場だったそう。

そのことから建長寺が本尊として祀るのは珍しいことに地蔵仏。

かつて 処刑場に選ばれたというだけあって、

鎌倉市街からは巨福呂峠を隔てた谷に位置する。

この両師遠諱の催しで酒井泰玄老師の提唱を拝するに、

このめまぐるしくものごとが流れていく時代の中にあって、

ここ（寺院全般）だけは川の中の大石のように不動であると感じる。

ひたすら座り、自己の中に入り込み、無となる。

座禅は足を組んで、手を輪に組み、吐くことから呼吸に集中する。

さっきまでおしゃべりだった女性グループも静まり、

静寂がつつみ、やがて鳥の鳴き声や風が枝を揺るぐ音が際立ってくる。

僧いわく、これが無。頭中が真っ白になることではなく、邪念が消えること。

体験座禅ゆえか、警策は棒を持った直日（じきじつ）と言われる僧が

自分の前を歩き通過するときに自分から申し出る意味で合唱・低頭していただく。

身体の緩みを見つけられて打たれるのではないことが意外。

２０分の座禅を２回、２回目やっても頭の中の蜂たち（春樹さんより）と

堂外の鳥たちのぐちゃぐちゃした気配だらけで、キリッとシンクロしない。

これは今後の課題に。