大原 三千院・寂光院・阿弥陀寺

I visited Sanzen-in temple, Jakko-in temple, and Amida-ji temple in north part of Kyoto ; Ohara.

京都北部の大原で、三千院、寂光院、阿弥陀寺巡ってきました。

I couldn't have calm time at Sanzen-in temple because of a huge group. And some smiling heads made of stones were on the ground. They were pretty scaring. I visited Otonasinotaki (no sound water fall) near the temple too. It was beautiful. But the way to the water fall was not good and it bothered me.

三千院はおっちゃんおばちゃんの団体がおって、あんまりゆっくりできず。なんか笑ってる首の石ころが転がっててこわかったし。音無の滝も行ったけど、思いのほか悪路で大変やった。無印のやっすいつっかけみたいなん履いてたのが悪かってんけど。

Jakkou-in temple means little lighting temple in English. And it had dark atmosphere as its name. It was so good. Ohara is surrounded by mountains, so its hours of sunlight is short. Moreover Jakkou-in is in a deep forest. I saw it had little sunlight even in summer.

寂光院は名前の通り光が全然入らない鬱蒼としたかんじでよかったです。大原自体が山に囲まれてて日照時間が少ないんやけど、あんだけ木に囲まれてたら全然日の光入ってこんやろな…

Ohara is very famous for having Sanzen-in and Jakko-in. Amida-ji temple is not famous one, because it is more than 3 km from central Ohara. I visited there to see Sokushinbutu (a mummy of Buddhist priest). There are most of Sokushinbutu in northern Japan, so there are few of them in southern Japan like Osaka or Kyoto. (Southern weather is too humid and hot for mummies). Actually, the Sokushinbutu was in a stone coffin, so I couldn't see the body. But it was scaring enough. Amida-ji is in a sooooo deep forest, and the coffin is in a dark cave.....!

Sokushinbutu was a Buddhist priest in the past. The priest ate nothing but only specific nuts, and these nuts made his body resinous. Of course he was almost dead because of starvation. Finally, he went into a small hole or coffin, and finish his live. I think all of mummies who were priests in the past were too brave.


三千院と寂光院は大原のテンプレですが、阿弥陀寺は大原の中心から3kmぐらいのどマイナー寺。即身仏（生きながらにミイラ化する道を選んだ超人のような僧らしい）が納められているらしく、あったかい気候の関西では珍しいので見に行ってみました。棺桶に入ってて、本体は見れなかったけど。洞窟に石の棺があって、めっちゃ怖かった。この阿弥陀寺そのものが、すっごい山奥の侘しいところにあるので、まず参道でびびって、からの洞窟やからほんまこわかった。私ら以外に誰もおらんかったし。マイナーやし立地悪いから当たり前やねんけど。

即身仏は、僧がごはん全然食べずになんちゃらの実だけを食べ続け、体を樹脂化して（よくわからん）、餓死寸前まで自分を追い込んだあげく、せっまい穴に入って、座禅組んだまま死ぬってゆう過程を経て完成されるらしい。精神力強すぎるやろ。