 古杉や涙涙の南無阿弥陀 old cedar tree - namida namida no namu amida  |
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namida means tears in English.
Namu Amida ... The Amida Prayer
This tree is more than 1000 years old!
It stands in the precincts of our temple
. 両山寺 Temple Ryoosan-Ji
old cedar tree -
with tears in my eyes
I pray to Amida
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2009
Tear, tears (namida) Japan. Träne, Tränen
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9 comments:
This should be submitted to a journal.
R.W.
Buddha's tears
beautiful !
A weeping cedar a thousand years old.
Truly remarkable, Gabi. Thank you.
J.
Lovely Gabi
B.
This is lovely...I have not yet seen a bilingual haiku. Nice.
What does "namu" mean?
W.
The Amida Prayer, Namu Amida Butsu
南無阿弥陀仏
Buddha Amitabha vowed to save all beings, even those who have committed serious transgressions. This vow prompted Saint Shinran, the founder of the True Pure Land school of Buddhism, to write,
"A good person will be reborm; how much more so the evil person."
This belief in the power of Amitabha to save every person, no matter what their faults, gave rise to the sects of the Pure Land and True Pure Land and to the pratice of nembutsu prayer, the chanting of the sentence,
"Namu Amida Butsu," "I venerate Amida Buddha,"
as a way to achieve salvation.
This is on of the prayers that appears in various versions in many haiku of Issa, who was a member of the Pure Land Sect. His trust in Amida Buddha was great.
More is here in my BLOG.
I hope it helps you to understand many haiku of Issa.
http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2006/11/namu-amida-butsu.html
Gabi
Thank you, Gabi!
Truly settling on this gray morning in a polluted city. Thank you. It is rejeuvenating to come on the forum this morning and find this explanation. Good day to you.
W.
This quite beautiful Gabi,
I love the use of prayer.
J.
Ella Wagemakers:
I will try to paint this one day soon, Gabi. It is very beautiful. Thank you for posting it here.
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