Skunk cabbage is、It is one of the ``weeds'' that represent the Shimokita Peninsula.。Speaking of skunk cabbage, one immediately associates it with Oze.、I'm sure many people think it's an alpine plant.。In Shimokita, from 0m above sea level、Can grow anywhere as long as there is water、It's a rather "unsightly" weed.。
Skunk cabbage are one of representable weeds in Shimokita peninsula. Most people will associated them with alpine plants in Oze. They are grown everywhere wet over sea level.
Even if you say it's an eyesore、It's not that I hate skunk cabbage per se.。The place where it grows is Yaji.、In other words, this indicates that the wetlands cannot be used for any purpose.。What does it mean to see it everywhere?、As you can imagine。
Skunk cabbage are by no means welcomed here as the place living them means useless land called “yachi” or “yaji”. In Shimokita peninsula, there are a lot of white flowers all over the place.
At my father's 49th memorial service、Returned to Shimokita/Higashidori Village。April 29th、Finishing the memorial service smoothly、Until then, the temporary tablets were placed in the village's resting place (gathering place for Nembutsu-ba).、prayer hall。It was moved to Mt. Osore (which has an interesting folk religious color similar to that of Mt. Osore).、My father is now one of my ancestors.。
I’ve been Higashi-dori village for my father’s memorial celemony based on buddism in Shimokita. It means 49 days passed from his death. It is quite common and important custom in Japan. After this celemony, all of living member of his family are able to do ordinary behavior. And then his spirit turn to one of our ancestors. 2012/4/30
In Japanese Buddhism、49 days after death has a very important meaning.。In Japanese Buddhism, the day of death is considered the first day.、Suppose that a trial is held every seven days regarding the merits of the dead during their lifetime.。The first seven days will be the first trial.、Even if you are dead, what will happen to your life and death in the afterlife?、I'm nervous because the first trial will be held for。There, the bereaved families support、trying to support、make the first offering。An offering is a donation to society.、This does not necessarily mean that it is performed for monks.。In short, the deceased、This means that the bereaved family will take care of the shortfall in social contribution.。And a trial is held every seven days.、The verdict will be concluded on the 7th and final trial.。Trials are always held in seven sessions.、The final episode is the most important。If it is out here, the dead cannot go to the Pure Land of Paradise.、will go to hell。Therefore, the bereaved family gives the last words to the deceased.、Load up with donations as a thank you、It is important to back up the deceased。There's no chance after this。This is why we say that the memorial service on the 49th is the most important.。
“After 49 days from death” has very impottant meaning for japanese buddism. They say that every death person must be on trial every 7 days after death about his contribution to society (it colled “kudoku” ) at their living time. If the judgement means too short, that death person can not go to Heaven. The 49 days mean the 7th trial. This is final and most impotant chance. S0 most bareaved family would like to help them from this living world. Actually we served gorgeous dinner and money to the buddist priest specially. Sometimes it seems that cost is very big money .
This memorial service is also for monks.、extremely important as a source of income。in modern Japan、It's as if Buddhism no longer exists.、It still has a large presence only when it comes to burying the dead.。The ``funeral economy'' is, so to speak, the lifeline of Japanese Buddhism.。Moreover, the sadness of the bereaved family、Relativize sadness、The gap between social needs to reduce psychological burden as much as possible、And in between the time pressure of decomposing corpses due to global warming,、Although it looks messy, it has a huge presence.。That is the modern significance of the 49-day memorial service.、We Japanese、There is no problem with funerals.、They have a strange national character.。
This celemony is not only important for death person but the priest also on a viewpoint of economy. In Japan, real buddism seems disappeared already but it has strongly existance around the celemony like this. Economy with death celemony is a life-line for japanese buddism indeed. Although most of japanese feel death celemony is out of all problem.
Hochare probably means "throw it away"。Leave it alone、I think it sounds similar to。It refers to salmon after spawning.。
Spawning is、For the salmon, it's a huge undertaking, even if it means dying.。The dilemma is that success in spawning means certain death for oneself.、Don't give salmon a second thought。That's amazing though、Before that, the degree of physical energy consumption、It must be far beyond my imagination.。
When spawning, the so-called salmon pink flesh color suddenly becomes whitish.、The meat becomes dry and lean.。The slimy skin characteristic of fish instantly disappears.。I remember hearing that when people receive a big shock, their hair can turn white overnight.、Is it close to that? And this is definitely the case with all salmon.。Of course, no one eats that kind of salmon anymore (there was a vendor who came by car to sell cheap salmon once).。I heard that my neighbor said it was cheap.、I was struck by。As expected, I'll show it to you later.、It was just enough to fool people I didn't know.)。It is eaten by river crabs and aquatic insects.。This is how the salmon body is recycled.、Even if a lot of salmon die、It doesn't pollute the river.。In other words, salmon carcasses are not garbage.。
Yesterday and today、Apparently my father was in danger several times.。I received several phone calls from my brother that made me think that today was finally over.。It seems to have stabilized by the evening.、unpredictable。
but、My brother and I are easy-going.、Today I was busy preparing to move from university.。As of today, nearly 600 of my works have been collected at the university for cleaning up.。If you include watercolors and sketches, the score will be huge.。That's enough to give me a headache、Even so, this is left over from having disposed of a considerable amount of works each time I moved.。But、Look at existing works、Is it worth keeping it further?、I can't help but feel restless。Maybe、Maybe these are already trash。
There was a book that said, ``When people die, they become garbage.''。not ash、It's a shocking title because it's called garbage (I remember reading it though)、I don't remember the contents at all)、At this point, the definition of "garbage" becomes a problem.。
Even if my father died、That's trash、I don't think。But、Not recycled like salmon、If we only pay attention to the fact that incineration involves incurring fuel costs,、Human corpses, which cannot even use thermal energy like garbage, are worse than garbage.、It can also be said that。Much less、I create pictures that aren't even worth keeping.、There may even be something even lower than that.。
Humans believe that they are the highest of all animals.、I feel like in recent years (in terms of human history) people have started to become arrogant.。Animals other than humans don't produce much garbage.、In the end, the top ranking seems to be determined by the amount of garbage produced.。Human beings cannot help but constantly create garbage in order to live.、In other words, they are the evil spirits of the earth.。
The death of salmon is refreshing.。human death、human death too、かくありたいと思う、It was a hot look。 2012/2/19 Sunday
