山田維史の青空日記・遊卵画廊

  May 14th "Neri-kuyō *(The Buddhist Memorial Service   Procession at Taima Temple in Nara)". Also my birthday.      I was born on May 14th,      That day of the procession of      Twenty five Bodhisattvas was taking 　　      I was born, During the war,        On the day of the memorial service        of the waiting Amitabha     As a baby, I might have been watching     The Bodhisattvas' procession from my first buth       In a poor house in the war time 【 *Note 】 On May 14th, at Taima-ji Temple, people dressed as 25 Bodhisattvas imitating the the arrival of the Buddha (Amitabha), accompanied by pretty children, greeted the statue of Chujohime Princess and respond- ed, thanking the Buddha. A memorial service is to show   the mercy of Amitabha.      This Procession Memorial service is called "Raigō-è   (The memorial servi...