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日本のお寺訪問・基本マナー集：Basic Manner at Temple in Japan

＜添付画像＞：宮島大本山大聖院境内にて
（撮影月日）2016/02/01
（撮影者）トーマス青木
（撮影機材）FUJIFILM X20

　只今宮島大聖院（真言宗御室派）さんにて開催している、『ボランティア英語ガイド＆インフォメーションデスク』のメンバーの一人、盟友Takashi君がまとめてくれました。　日本のお寺でのマナー集です。

　不肖トーマス青木め、恥ずかしながら、イイ歳して解らないことばかり。　たいへん勉強になります。

　　（投稿：トーマス青木）

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The basic guide to the tourist at Daisho-in Temple

〇 Manners and Attentions

① Please take a hat and bow when entering the hall.
② The Bell should be play only one-time per one person before worship.
③ When burning incense, incense should be ignited from the candle that you have ignited.
④ The walker is left traffic in the precinct of the temple.
⑤ Please move clockwise direction in the hall of temple.
⑥ Please refrain from taking photos during praying.

〇 Some Common Practice at Daisho-in Temple

① People typically rinse their hands and mouths with water contained in the basin located near the Niomon Gate.
② When standing in front of Buddhist deities, it is customary to put your hands together, chant some Shingon words while clearing your mind, and bow.
( a quotation from Daisho-in official brochure)

○ Questions and Answers

① Please tell me Misen Climbing Path from here (Daisho-in Temple).
(Answer)
　Go down the stone steps, cross the bridge and turn to right-hand. Please go straight the path.
③ How long does it take to Misen summit.
(Answer)
It will take about two hours or one hour and a half.
　　Therefore, after 03:00p.m., climbing is dangerous.
③　What is Omikuzi ? Please tell me the kind of fortune.
Omikuzi are random fortunes written on strip of paper at Shinto Shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan. Literally ”sacred lot”, these are usually received by making a small offering and randomly choosing one from a box, hoping for the resulting fortune to be good.
Fortunes;
大吉Best Luck 　吉Good Luck 中吉Average Good Luck　半吉half Luck
小吉Average Luck 末吉Lucky in the End or Late Good Luck
凶　No Luck or Unlucky fortune
④　What is Shitifukujin?　What traditional attribute does each god have?
(Answer)
English for Shichifukujin is Seven Gods of Fortune or Seven Deities of Good Fortune. The Seven Gods of Fortune are the seven Gods in Japanese mythology and folklore.
Each has a traditional attribute;
Ebisu : god of fishers or merchants, often depicted carrying a sea bream
Daikokuten(Daikoku) : god of wealth, commerce and trade
Benzaiten : goddess of knowledge, art and beauty, especially music
Bishamonten : god of warriors
Fukurokuju : god of happiness, wealth and longevity
Jurojin : god of long life
Hotei : the fat and happy god of abundance and good health

⑤ What is difference between Esoteric Buddhism and Exoteric Buddhism?
　　　(Answer)
Early Buddhism is classified Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism.
Mahayana Buddhism is classified Esoteric Buddhism and Exoteric Buddhism.
　 In esoteric Buddhism, Dainichi Nyorai, or Cosmic Buddha, is believed to embody Buddhist philosophy, and other various Buddhist deities are incarnated in figure of Dainichi Nyorai.
The Shingon sect is known as esoteric Buddhism in japan. The sect teaches that humans can attain enlightenment through rituals combining physical, spoken and mental disciplines.

( a quotation from Daisho-in official brochure)

Exoteric Buddhism is the teaching of Buddha that was preached in the language and characters as can be understood to ordinary people.

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* 宮島弥山大本山大聖院のHPは、こちらから入れます。
　http://www.galilei.ne.jp/daisyoin/