JAPANESE JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES
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Vol. 16 (1989) Shugendo
pp. 117-142 Gorai Shigeru : "Shugendo Lore".
p. |
secret song |
125 |
hound-keeper of Iwata-gawa shot a boar under yew tree where 3 moons came to top of that tree |
132 |
"Because it is the Womb Realm, one remains there nine months ... .Therefore the vagina (shokai ..., literally "birth-sea") is called ... the land of bliss." |
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Vol. 24 (1997) Pilgrimage
pp. 26-29 human gestation, according to the Sangai Iss^inki
p. |
month |
embryo |
deity |
26 |
1st |
5-colored jellyfish |
? |
2nd |
monk’s staff with 2 rings |
Fudo Myoo |
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27 |
wishing-jewel finial on monk’s staff |
S^aka |
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3rd |
3-pronged vajra |
? |
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4th |
? |
Fugen |
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28 |
7th |
trees on Mt. T>ai |
medicine-buddha |
8th |
full moon |
Vairocana |
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9th |
5-pronged vajra |
(grand shrine of Ise) |
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29 |
"the mother’s vulva the torii" |
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10th |
birth = 84 hells |
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