{"id":220,"date":"2015-03-14T11:42:39","date_gmt":"2015-03-14T02:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.koyasan.or.jp\/kobodaishi\/"},"modified":"2021-06-14T09:18:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T00:18:21","slug":"kobodaishi.html","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.koyasan.or.jp\/en\/shingonshu\/kobodaishi.html","title":{"rendered":"The Birth and History of Kobo Daishi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><main role=\"main\"><\/p>\n<ul id=\"gNav2\">\n<li><a href=\"..\/shingonshu\/\">What is the Koyasan Shingon Sect?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/shingonshu\/#history\">The History of the Shingon Sect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/shingonshu\/#danshinto\">The Work of Danshinto<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/shingonshu\/temple.html\">The Daishi Faith around Japan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/shingonshu\/kobodaishi.html\">The Birth and History of Kobo Daishi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/shingonshu\/history.html\">Chronology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section id=\"kobodaishiShingonshu\">\n<div class=\"ttlBox\">\n<h1 class=\"mainTtl\">The Birth and History of Kobo Daishi<\/h1>\n<p class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobodaishi_ttl_bg.jpg\" alt=\"The Birth and History of Kobo Daishi\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table class=\"pageLinkBlock\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"#kobodaishi\">Kobo Daishi and Koyasan<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"#nenpu\">A Short History of Kobo Daishi<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<section id=\"kobodaishi\">\n<div class=\"pageTitBox\">\n<h2 class=\"ttl\">Kobo Daishi and Koyasan<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtBox\">\n<div class=\"txt\">\n&#8220;On April 26, 1915, Itoko Hosokawa of Tokyo presented the Daishi Kyokai main hall with 26 illustrated plates commemorating the 1,100th anniversary of the founding of Mount Koya.<br \/>\nHowever, many years then passed, and the plates were subject to the ravages of time. However, thanks to the work of the late Satomi Miura of Kagoshima Prefecture, the plates were beautifully restored in 1996. The plates depict the life of Kobo Daishi and explain his deeds and spirit in a clear fashion.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ph\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_koyasan_img01.png\" alt=\"\u5f18\u6cd5\u5927\u5e2b\u5fa1\u5f71\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol class=\"kobodaishiList\">\n<li class=\"no01\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">1<\/span>Birth<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<p class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img01.jpg\" alt=\"Birth\"><\/p>\n<p>Mao was born in Sanuki Province of By\u014dbugaura (Kagawa Prefecture Zentsuji) on June 15, Houko 5 (774). His father, born into the lineage of the Sanuki Gunji was Saeki no Atai Tagimi, and his mother was named Tamayori Gozen.<br \/>\nThe home was very religious. One day, his father and mother had a simultaneous dream of an \u201cIndian Buddhist monk riding atop a cloud glittering in violet, which then entered into the mother\u2019s chest,\u201d and Mao became to be born.<br \/>\nThis Mao later went on to become the holy priest Kukai, Kobo Daishi.<br \/>\nAt Shingon, the day June 15, takes the name of \u201cAoba Matsuri (Fresh Leaves Festival),\u201d and marks Daishi\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no02\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">2<\/span>Renouncing the World<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img02.jpg\" alt=\"Renouncing the World\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The childhood play of Mao involved making Buddhist images in the dirt, collecting grass and wood to make shrines, and worshipping the Buddha. At about seven years of age, he scaled the nearby Shashin ga Dake Peak and prayed to the Buddha, \u201cWhen I become big, I want to aid the ailing. If I shall have that power, please bless me with a long life,\u201d and jumped into a ravine. Thereupon, from somewhere a rather beautiful sound manifested, along with a celestial maiden, and Mao was firmly taken into her grasp.<\/p>\n<p>Mao was jubilated and thus become even more zealous in his study.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no03\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">3<\/span>Study at the Capital<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img03.jpg\" alt=\"Study at the Capital\"><\/div>\n<p>Mao, who enjoyed worshipping the Buddha, also studied very well. By the age of 14, he was studying at Sanuki, but when he was 15, he left for the capital (Nagaoka), and studied the writings of his uncle, Confucian scholar Ato-no Otari, and entered university at the age of 18.<\/p>\n<p>However, as the study at university was focused on Confucianism, which aims at promoting oneself, and did not concern aiding those in need, he gradually came to to possess an interest in Buddhism. Thus, he often visited Konzo Daitoku of Iwabuchi Temple in Nara and listened to valuable talks about the Buddha.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no04\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">4<\/span>Entering priesthood<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img04.jpg\" alt=\"Entering priesthood\"><\/div>\n<p>Mao, who began on the way of the Buddha and devoted his entire life for the good of the world and people, before long left university and continued his pursuit of knowledge by seeking out spiritual places such as Ominesan, Tairyugadake, as well as Muronosaki in Kochi.<\/p>\n<p>Then, finally, he overcame the resistance from his family and determined to enter the priesthood, at 20 years old, at Makino Osanji in Izumi no Kuni (Osaka), cut off his hair for tonsure, became a monk, and changed his name to Kyokai. Later, he changed it to Nyoku, and his body and mind became disciples of the Buddha.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no05\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">5<\/span>Realizing the Dainichikyo Sutra<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img05.jpg\" alt=\"Realizing the Dainichikyo Sutra\"><\/div>\n<p>When he turned 22, Daishi, who changed his name to Kukai, was listening to a noted high priest of the time, but at any rate, could not find satisfaction. So, at the Todaiji Daibutsuden, he prayed, \u201cReveal, to this Kukai, a supreme precept.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In doing so, on the 21st day, the day of his fulfillment, he received by divine message in a dream saying, \u201cIn Kumadera Temple\u2019s east pagoda, in Yamatotake Chinogori, there is teaching method you requested,\u201dand then found the Dainichi Sutra (Great Sun sutra). However, he could by no means understand that Dainichi sutra, but there was not a single person in Japan to whom he could enquire and be taught.<\/p>\n<p>So, he finally built up the determination to cross over to China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no06\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">6<\/span>Visit to China<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img06.jpg\" alt=\"Visit to China\"><\/div>\n<p>Daishi, who heard that there was a noted priest in China, at the age of 31, in Enryaku 23 (804\uff09, On July 6, with an envoy of monks studying abroad, departed to T\u2019ang-Dynasty China from Hizen (Nagasaki prefecture)\uff09Matsuura gun, Tanoura. Saicho, founder of Tendai Buddhism also crossed over at that time.<\/p>\n<p>In a small boat, not like the ones today, they encountered several storms, and escaped death to arrive at Fukushusekiganchin on August 10. Daishi wanted to write a letter, but the T\u2019ang government official was suspicious of the troupe, and did not let them land. So, Daishi wrote a letter to the province director, instead of an ambassador. The director was surprised at the splendid letter, and allowed them to embark, stating, \u201cThis is no ordinary man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After that, together with a messenger from the emperor, he ascended to the capital Chang&#8217;an.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no07\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">7<\/span>Study under Huiguo Kasho<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img07.jpg\" alt=\"Study under Huiguo Kasho\"><\/div>\n<p>Daishi, who entered the capital of Chang&#8217;an, went to meet the high priest Huiguo of the Shoryujitotoin.<\/p>\n<p>High priest Huiguo was a celebrated priest in T\u2019ang with no right-hand-man, and the seventh successor in orthodox Shingon Mikkyo.<\/p>\n<p>High priest Huiguo met Daishi and said, \u201cI knew you coming from before, and I\u2019ve been waiting for you.\u201d with great delight. He directly advised him to enter the Kanjodan.<\/p>\n<p>In Enryu 25 (805) Daishi, who received Kanjo three times in June, July, and August, was granted the Buddhist name \u201cHenjo Kongo,\u201d and becoming eighth rank of Shingon Mikkyo.<\/p>\n<p>High priest Keiko granted to  Daishi, \u201cYou have learned the teaching of Shingon Mikkyo completely. Now quickly return to Japan, and spread the Shingon.\u201d On December 15 of the same year, being watched over by many pupils, he passed away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no08\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">8<\/span>The Name, &#8221; Gohitsu Osho&#8221;<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img08.jpg\" alt=\"The Name, Gohitsu Osho\"><\/div>\n<p>A stone monument giving praise to the late Huiguo was built, and out of 4,000 people, Daishi was selected particulary to choose an write the epitaph. This fact was known throughout the T\u2019ang Dynasty, and finally, it made its way to the emperor. An old writing of Wang Xizhi existed on a palace wall, and it was assigned by Daishi.<\/p>\n<p>Daishi held five writing brushes, one in each hand and foot, and one in his mouth, and at once and wrote out the five lines at once. The emperor, having profound admiration for this writing, gave the name \u201cGohitsu Osho (the priest who writes with five brushes)\u201d to Daishi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no09\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">9<\/span>Returning from Abroad, The Flying Sanko<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img09.jpg\" alt=\"Returning from Abroad, The Flying Sanko\"><\/div>\n<p>Daishi, who had fully inherited the Shingon Mikkyou teaching method from Huiguo, in August of the first year of the Daidou era (806), decided to return from Mingzhou to Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Daishi stood on the shore of Mingzhou, and prayed, \u201cI have inherited these teachings, so if there is a good place to spread them, please go first and show me,\u201d and threw a sanko (a Buddhist monk&#8217;s instrument) into the sky.<\/p>\n<p>The sanko was taken into a multicolored cloud, and flew toward Japan.<\/p>\n<p>That sanko stopped in a branch in a pine tree before the Koyasan Miedo, and so that tree is called the \u201cSanko no Matsu (Sanko Pine)\u201d, taking the name of the flying sanko of that time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no10\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">10<\/span>Establishing the Sect<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img10.jpg\" alt=\"Establishing the Sect\"><\/div>\n<p>In order to spread the Shingon teachings all across Japan, Daishi, who had taken a boat from Mingzhou, met met many storm on his way. At any that the boat could sink, Daishi held a vajra in right hand and a prayer ring in the left, while reciting the Shingon to suppress the waves, and in October of the first year of the Daidou era (806), he safely arrived to Hakata, Kyushu.<\/p>\n<p>Along with greetings from returning from abroad, he sent a statement saying, \u201cI wish for forgiveness, as I wish to spread the teachings of the Shingon across all of Japan.\u201d<br \/>\nIn Daidou 4( (809), Daishi, who went to the capital, offered a writing to the emperor of the time, Emperor Saga, in the following year, Kounin 1 (810), received forgiveness for opening the \u201cShingon-shu\u201d sect, and finally began to spread Shingon Mikkyou around Japan, and purify the society by offering salvation to the lost and the suffering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no11\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">11<\/span>Prayer for Shinzenen<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img11.jpg\" alt=\"Prayer for Shinzenen\"><\/div>\n<p>In February of the first year of the Tencho era (824), there was a great drought throughout Japan, beginning with the grain, the plants around Koyasan also wilted, and the farmers were going through a great deal of struggle.<\/p>\n<p>At that time, Daishi, by decree from the Emperor Junna, and with eight students, prayed for rain in the Shinzen&#8217;en of the Imperial Court.<br \/>\nBy doing so, Zennyo Ryuo (a rain-god dragon) manifested, the sky, which until then had not had a single cloud, at once filled with clouds and for three days and three nights, it rained, the living things were resurrected, and the plants returned to their healthy colors..<\/p>\n<p>The people were delighted, and praised the virtue of Daishi and worshipped that power of the Buddha.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no12\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">12<\/span>Heart Sutra Lecture<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img12.jpg\" alt=\"Heart Sutra Lecture\"><\/div>\n<p>In the spring of Kounin 9 (818), a terrible illness spread across Japan, and the elderly as well as the young became ill, and left a dark mood across the nation like a flame being extinguished.<\/p>\n<p>Emperor Saga, the emperor of the time, became very concerned, and summoned Daishi to the Imperial court and assigned him to pray. So the people could be rescued, the Emperor offered a volume of the Heart Sutra, hand-copied in gold before the Buddha, and ordered a lecture of the Heart Sutra by Daishi.<\/p>\n<p>Having rayed wholeheartedly, the sickness that had been spreading immediately ended, and the suffering people became well, and the virtue of Daishi became even higher.<\/p>\n<p>The contents of the lecture then are said to have been the famous Heart Sutra.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no13\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">13<\/span>The Origins of Hasshuron and Great Sun Buddha<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img13.jpg\" alt=\"The Origins of Hasshuron and Great Sun Buddha\"><\/div>\n<p>On New Years of Kounin 4 (813), Emperor Saga, beginning with Daishi, invite the high priests f every Buddhist sect to the imperial court, and heard discussions about the Buddha.<\/p>\n<p>Nara Buddhism at the time said that, \u201cOne who does not spend a long time practicing cannot become a Buddha,\u201d but Daishi explained, \u201cA person has the ability, in this existence, to become a Buddha.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because the high priest of Nara did not believe in attainment of Buddhahood during life, Daishi folded his hands, chanted a mantra, and became the Great Sun Buddha.<br \/>\nIn doing so, at once, his body radiated an enlightened, multicolored shine, a dhyani crown appeared over on his head, and he became the Great Sun Buddha sitting on a gold lotus petal.<\/p>\n<p>Even the priests who criticized him until now worshipped Daishi, and the Emperor\u2019s faith was deepened.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no14\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">14<\/span>The Song of the Shugei Shuchi-in<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img14.jpg\" alt=\"The Song of the Shugei Shuchi-in\"><\/div>\n<p>In Daishi\u2019s time, there were aristocratic schools, but there weren\u2019t really any schools for the general public. Daishi, so that anybody could study, in February of Tenchou 5 (828), built a school for classical doctrine called the Shugei Shuchi-in.<\/p>\n<p>Also, because at the time, the writing learned at school was only Kanji (Chinese characters), it was difficult for small children to learn, so Daishi taught the four-line gathas in 48 phonetic characters, so that they would be easier for children to understand. The \u201cIroha no Uta\u201d was famous, and was made by Daishi and has been passed down for ages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no15\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">15<\/span>Openings of 88 Sites in Shikoku<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img15.jpg\" alt=\"Openings of 88 Sites in Shikoku\"><\/div>\n<p>When Daishi was young, he went in pursuit of knowledge to Tairyugadake in Awa and Tokushima Prefecture and Murotozaki in Tosa, Kochi prefecture. Fatefully, he also traveled to Awa, Tosa, Iyo in Ehime prefecture, and Sanuki in Kagawa prefecture at the time he was 42 years old, and in each place, he performed miracles, built temples, and broke ground for the 88 sites of Shikoku.<\/p>\n<p>With the oath \u201cDogyo Ninin (Kobo Daishi is always with me) adorning the historic sites, those people who visit temples in Shikoku number in the hundred thousands, and those troubled or the suffering receive prayer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no16\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">16<\/span>The Completion of Manno Pond<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img16.jpg\" alt=\"The Completion of Manno Pond\"><\/div>\n<p>In Sanuki (Kagawa prefecture), there are dark ponds stretching 16 kilometers, and in Sanuki, where there is little rain, in order to water the rice patties, these are very important ponds, but government officials and engineers in the province made many reconstructions of the ponds, using many people, but if it rained or if the wind blew, the banks would break, so the peasants were troubled.<\/p>\n<p>In Kounin 12 (821), the Emperor sent down his council, and requested that Daishi, who was skilled in public matters, take the role of supervisor for the reconstruction of the Manno Pond.<br \/>\nDaishi was appointed to Sanuki, and gained the participation of many people for the reconstruction, and in only three months, the construction was complete, and and even the winds of a typhoon would not break down the walls. <\/p>\n<p>Even now, the people of the area are grateful for that assistance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no17\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">17<\/span>The Bestowment of Toji Temple<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img17.jpg\" alt=\"The Bestowment of Toji Temple\"><\/div>\n<p>Daishi lived in the Takasanji Temple since Daidou 4 (809), spreading the word of Mikkyo Buddhism. However, there were many inconveniences at Takasanji Temple, and it began to feel like a confinement.<\/p>\n<p>In the first month of Kounin 14 (823), he was entrusted with Toji Temple in Kyoto by the Emperor Saga. Daishi lived up to this favor, bestowed the name \u201cKyo O Gokokuji (The Temple for the Defense of the Nation by Means of the King of Doctrines), and prayed for peace in the Imperial household, as well as striving to spread Shingon Mikkyo teachings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no18\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">18<\/span>The Picture of Otenmon Gate<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img18.jpg\" alt=\"The Picture of Otenmon Gate\"><\/div>\n<p>Once, a decree to write the characters for the front of various Imperial gates.<\/p>\n<p>Daishi wrote and put up the letters saying \u201cOtenmon.\u201d When he finished writing them, if looking at the front, a mark on the character \u201cO\u201d stood out. At this point, it would have been troublesome to take it down, and one can not climb up and write, so all were troubled.<\/p>\n<p>However, Daishi was anything but panicked, and it is said that he threw ink from a brush onto the mark on the character from below, and everyone admired this divine skill.<\/p>\n<p>There is a proverb stating, \u201cThe writing brush of the Buddhist scripture also errs.\u201d<br \/>\nOf course, it is not thought that Daishi simply forgot the initial mark, but with the proverb of the writer\u2019s brush, this story of the technique of the Daishi\u2019s writing technique is one that is praised.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no19\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">19<\/span>Mishiho (Prayer and Austerities)<br \/>\n<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img19.jpg\" alt=\"Mishiho (Prayer and Austerities)\"><\/div>\n<p>Daishi always prayed for the health of the His Majesty the Emperor, the happiness of each person, and that the world would be at peace.<\/p>\n<p>In order to impart this act forever, from the eighth day of the new year for seven days, a prayer meeting called Mishibo is held, and on Kechigan no Hi (The Day of Prayer Expiration), Daishi would pour faith-healing perfumes on the Gogyokudai of the Emperor.<\/p>\n<p>This precious Buddhist mass began in the first month of Jouwa 2 (835), and since the passing of Daishi, it still has continues without fail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no20\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">20<\/span>The Founding of Koyasan (1)<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img20.jpg\" alt=\"The Founding of Koyasan (1)\"><\/div>\n<p>In order to open a base dojo to spread the word of the Shingon Mikkyo, he sought a suitable location, and had a preaching tour to various places.<\/p>\n<p>One day, in Uchigun in Yamato (Nara prefecture), he met a hunter followed by one white dog and one black dog and was enquired. Then, Daishi answered. \u201cI am walking to find a suitable location to build a temple.\u201d Upon doing so, the hunter said, \u201cIn Kishu (Wakayama prefecture), just south of here, among the mountains there is a place that suits your needs,\u201d and suddenly disappeared from sight.<\/p>\n<p>This hunter, is said to have been Kariba Mojin,  the Shinto god of the locality, who is celebrated today in Koyasan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no21\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">21<\/span>The Founding of Koyasan (2)<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img21.jpg\" alt=\"The Founding of Koyasan (2)\"><\/div>\n<p>Daishi, midway of being lead by the two dogs up Koyasan, came to the the site of Nyu Myojin, a female mountain deity.<\/p>\n<p>Thereupon, the deity showed herself, and welcomed Daishi, informing him that, \u201cI am pleased with the bodhisattva who has come to this mountain. I present you with this land that extends to the southern sea in the south, Kinoyama in the north, the valley of Ojinyama in the west, and Yamato province (Nara prefecture) to the east.<\/p>\n<p>Daishi, in order to wholeheartedly repay Nyu Myojin and Kariba Myojin, celebrated the two gods as the lords of the mountain. Now, this is in Garan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no22\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">22<\/span>The Founding of Koyasan (3)<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img22.jpg\" alt=\"The Founding of Koyasan (3)\"><\/div>\n<p>Having ascended Koyasan, Daishi rejoiced, \u201cAtop the mountain, there is a wide field like one would not expect, and in the surrounding mountains, lotus flowers are abundant, so this is a suitable place to spread the word of Shingon Mikkyo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, stuck in a pine tree was the sanko that he threw from the Mingzhou shore when he was returning home after studying in China.<\/p>\n<p>Daishi said that this was just the place he was seeking, and at once decided to establish the base Shingon dojo here. In Kounin 7 (816) he performed a memorial for the emperor, was granted permission from Emperor Saga, and together with many disciples, cut down trees, cleared a path to the mountain, built temples, and constructed a monastery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no23\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">23<\/span>Goyuigo (The Testament)<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img23.jpg\" alt=\"Goyuigo (The Testament)\"><\/div>\n<p>Kobo Daishi chose Mount Koya as the central training ground for Shingon Buddhism, devoting twenty years to its growth and promoting the teachings across Japan. These teachings reached men and women of all ages who suffered everywhere, even going on to reach the emperor himself. <\/p>\n<p>Kobo Daishi believed that rather than use this short life to promote the teachings, he should enter the next realm and help rescue those suffering throughout eternity. He gathered his disciples in the year 834 and began his repose.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no24\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">24<\/span>Daisho&#8217;s Passing<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img24.jpg\" alt=\"Daisho's Passing\"><\/div>\n<p>It is agreed that the Daishi passed away at around four o\u2019clock in the morning on March 21, Jouwa 2 (835) at the age of 62, and left future matters to his students. For one week until his passing,, he purified one room of his living dwelling, not having even one grain\u3001purified his body with perfume,  sat in the lotus position, put his hands in the form of the Dainichi Nyorai, and entered into the meditation of Maitreiya.<\/p>\n<p>On the fiftieth day after his passing, his disciples, as Daishi appointed, dedicated his body to a grotto in Okunoin. <\/p>\n<p>Daishi, wrote as a prayer for the Mando Mange-e of Tenchou 9 (832), \u201cEmpty space has been exhausted, living things have been exhausted, and if my salvation is exhausted, then my wishes will be exhausted.\u201d<br \/>\nThat is to say, he stated a great oath that \u201cIf I become a Buddha who grants liberation to all living things in this universe, my search for nirvana will die out, and my wishes will be finished.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no25\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">25<\/span>Posthumous Name<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img25.jpg\" alt=\"Posthumous Name\"><\/div>\n<p>83 years after the Daishi passed, in Engi 18 (918), the Kanbyo Ho-o applied to Emperor Daigo saying, \u201cI wish for Kukai to be granted the title of Daishi,\u201d and furthermore, Kangen Sojo also appealed to the emperor, but this was not an imperial sanction.<\/p>\n<p>On the evening of October 21, in the year Engi 21 (921), Daishi came to stand at the bedside of the emperor, and said, \u201cBecause my clothes are wearing out, I ask for a gift of Shinken,\u201d That is to say, \u201cBecause my clothes are wearing out, I want to receive new gyoi (imperial garments).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, in coincidence with the giving of a cypress colored gyoi, he was bestowed the okurina (posthumous name), \u201cKobo Daishi.\u201d On October 27th, the Chokushi (imperial messenger) ascended the mountain, and before the mausoleum, performed a ceremony of imperial decree.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"no26\">\n<h3 class=\"ttl acBtn2\"><span class=\"no\">26<\/span>Okoromo Gae<span class=\"kana\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"detail acCont\">\n<div class=\"phLeft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/shingonshu\/kobo_list_ttl01_img26.jpg\" alt=\"Okoromo Gae\"><\/div>\n<p>After the high priest Kangen gave the name \u201cKobo Daishi,\u201d in order to receive imperial garments bestowed by the emperor, he ascended Koyasan. Then, kneeling before the mausoleum, he worshipped, and with the aid of disciples, the offered the imperial garments and opened the gate of the mausoleum, but was not able to see the figure of Daishi.<\/p>\n<p>High priest Kangen lamented his unworthiness, and prayed wholeheartedly. In doing so, the shroud of mist cleared and the form of Daishi could be seen, and he was able to exchange the garments.<\/p>\n<p>Since that, until today, on March 21st of every year, we hold the ceremony for exchange of the gyoi garments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"nenpu\">\n<div class=\"pageTitBox\">\n<h2 class=\"ttl\">A Short History of Kobo Daishi<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<table class=\"nenpuList\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"210\">\n<col width=\"130\">\n<col width=\"610\">\n<\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"year\">\u5e74\u53f7\uff08\u897f\u66a6\uff09<\/th>\n<th class=\"age\">\u5e74\u9f62<\/th>\n<th class=\"detail\">\u4e8b\u9805<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"year\">\u5b9d\u4e80\u4e94\u5e74<br \/>\uff08774\u5e74\uff09<\/td>\n<td class=\"age\">\u4e00\u6b73<\/td>\n<td 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