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HAKONE Tohnomine Biwa & Ｃamellia , AMIDAJI Temple
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浄土宗 阿育王山 放光明律院 阿弥陀寺
〒250-0315
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Biwa Musical Performance
And a try for instruments
Donation 1,000 yen per person
pm 13:00～
About Biwa
Biwa is a Japanese short-necked lute that has been played for centuries.
It is believed that the origin of the biwa can be found in ancient China and that it spread through Asia, including Japan, during the Nara period (710 -794).
In the Heian period (794-1192), biwa became popular among blind Buddhist monks wandering the country. They were traveling performers called Biwa Hoshi, and they made money by performing and captivating people with their biwa skills.
Satsuma biwa was played for the morale rise of samurai during the Sengoku period. The Satsuma biwa has the highest frets out of the various forms and you use strong finger pressure to express the fighting spirit of the samurai warrior. In Satsuma biwa music, songs (narrative parts) and the instrument were played alternately.
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About Namu Amida Butsu
Pure Land Buddists worship Amida. Let's chant the nembutsu 「Namu Amida Butsu 」 at Jodo sect temples.
The nembutsu, one of the major religious practices in Mahayana Buddhism, is considered to be a means of ultimate transformation, delivering one to the perfect state of buddahood.
According to Honen(1133-1212, The founder of the Jodo Shu), the nembutsu is the recitation of the sacred name of Amida Buddha, Namu Amida Butsu, and the ultimate religious discipline by which one can be brought into the perfect realm of the Buddha.
Amida Buddha's compassion, expressed in his vow to guide all beings to his land, is manifested through the recitation of the name.
In this way , the recitation of Amida's name is regared as the only way for devorees to attain salvation.
The human effort to apprehend the reality of the invisible force of Amida Buddha is standed in Honen's poem;
There is no place the moon
does not shine,
But it only illuminates
in the heart of those who gaze at it.
A guide to further reading
『A Raft From The Other Shore』
Sho-on Hattori (Jodo shu press, 2006)