1/31/2005

Waterfall Ascetism (taki shugyoo)

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Daruma Taki だるま滝 Daruma Waterfall



source : sight_yugawara_daruma
near Seihoobashi 栖鳳橋 Seihobashi bridge, Yugawara, Kanagawa



source : xxx
at Aomori, Imabetsu Machi, about 14 meters 今別町大字奥平部字砥石




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Daruma falls
tumbling over twigs and stones
running, running



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Waterfall Ascetism (taki shugyoo 滝修行)

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新滝で滝修行
次は新滝での滝行です。険しい山道を登りきると雄大な新滝が姿を現します。清滝と違い駐車場からはその雄大な滝を眺めることはできません。ここには新滝不動明王と二大童子、穴弁財天、観世音菩薩、大黒天などが祀られています。まず諸神仏に滝行中の安全祈願とご加護の祈念をします。今年は穴弁財天の神前を工事していたため穴弁財天さまではお参りできませんでした。雄大な滝であるため、ここで命を落とした行者も多いことです。ここには成仏しない霊も多く、しっかりした指導僧のもとに滝行を修めることが不可欠です。また大量の水が高所から落ちてくるため頭と頚部にかなりの負担がかかります。姿勢によっては頚椎損傷の危険もあります。素人が受けられる滝ではありません。決して無理をしてはいけません。命がけで修行する場合もありますが、これはごく一部の高僧だけに許されることで、命を無駄にすることは許されないのです。命を大切にできない者は行者にはなれません。無茶で危険な修行を行っても、ご神仏は守護して頂けないでしょう。大切なことは極端な修行をするのではなく、地道に一生修行を続けることなのです。


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........................... Kiyome no Taki
清めの滝



Only a handful of experienced ascetics are allowed to stand under this waterfall. It carries a lot of water after rain and is really dangerous.
The most important part is not really to take part in a dangerous exercise but to lead a proper life every day. This is what you can learn at this waterfall.
quote from Shugendo, Bioglobe


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TAKI ... Waterfalls and Fudo Myo-o
不動滝 ... Fudo taki


Takizawa Waterfall .. Tsuruoka Town

Waterfall : Shiromen Fudo no Taki near Kobe


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H A I K U

kigo for all summer

Waterfall, taki 滝 / baku 瀑
looking at a waterfall, takimi 滝見(たきみ)
teahouse at a waterfall, takimi chaya 滝見茶屋
bottom basin of a waterfall, takitsub9o 滝壺(たきつぼ)
foam from a waterfall, taki shibuki 滝しぶき(たきしぶき)
breeze of a waterfall , takikaze 滝風
sound of the waterfall, taki no oto 滝の音(たきのおと)
path to the waterfall, takimichi 滝道(たきみち)

two falls like a couple, myotodaki 夫婦滝(みょうとだき)
..... male waterfall, odaki 男滝(おだき)、
..... female waterfall medaki 女滝(めだき)

waterfall at night, yodaki 夜滝
coolness at a waterfall, taki suzushi 滝涼し(たきすずし)
bath in a waterfall, taki abi 滝浴び(たきあび)
wild waterfall, bakufu 瀑布(ばくふ)
"flying waterfall", hibaku 飛瀑(ひばく)
manmade waterfall, tsukuridaki 作り滝(つくりだき)


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kigo for all winter

taki karu 滝涸る(たきかる)waterfall dries up
..... karedaki 涸滝(かれだき)


fuyudaki 冬滝 (ふゆだき) waterfall in winter
..... fuyu no taki 冬の滝(ふゆのたき)



itedaki 凍滝(いてだき)frozen waterfall
kooritaki 氷り滝(こおりたき)ice waterfall
taki kooru 滝凍る(たきこおる)waterfall is frozen
kan no taki 寒の滝(かんのたき)waterfall in the cold
In the colder parts of Northern Japan frozen waterfalls are a most splendid sight.

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冬の滝朝日夕日もなき巌
fuyu no taki asahi yuuhi mo naki iwao

waterfall in winter -
no sunrise, no sunset
for this massive rock


Nozawa Setsuko 野澤節子


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. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .


. ryuumon no hana ya joogo no tsuto ni sen .
Matsuo Basho at the Ryumon Waterfall, Nara 龍門瀧

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酒飲みに語らんかかる滝の花 
sakenomi ni kataran kararu taki no hana
(sake nomi ni)

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ほろほろと山吹散るか滝の音 
. horo horo to yamabuki chiru ka taki no oto .
horohoro - yamabuki - mountain rose


清滝の水汲ませてやところてん
. kiyotaki no mizu kumasete ya tokoroten .
Kiyotaki stream and Tokoroten jelly


清滝や波に散り込む青松葉 -
. kiyotaki ya nami ni chirikomu aomatsuba .

清滝や波に散り込む青葉松 
kiyotaki ya nami ni chiri-komu aoba matsu


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4 comments:

Gabi Greve - Joys of Japan said...

Tomislav Maretic:

waterfall spray -
fluttering through the rainbow,
a damselfly

shared at Joys of Japan

Gabi Greve - Basho archives said...

ほろほろと山吹散るか滝の音 
horo horo to / yamabuki chiru ka / taki no oto

Matsuo Basho

Gabi Greve - Basho archives said...

盃の下ゆく菊や朽木盆
sakazuki no shita yuku kiku ya kutsuki bon

below the sake cup
there is a chrysanthemum -
tray from Kitsuki

Matsuo Basho
Written in 1675, 延宝3年, Basho age 32.
He took the inspriation from an old song, Yooroo 養老 Yoro.
The sake in the small cup is overflowing rapidly and becomes the famous waterfall of Yoro.
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Yoro no Taki

Yōrō Falls (養老の滝, Yōrō no Taki) is a waterfall in Yōrō Park located in the town of Yōrō, Yōrō District, Gifu, Japan.

MORE about this waterfall

Gabi Greve - Basho archives said...

Matsuo Basho

しばらくは瀧にこもるや夏の初め
shibaraku wa taki ni komoru ya ge no hajime

for a while
I will sit behind the waterfall -
summer retreat begins

Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉
On May 20,year 元禄2年4月2日


natsu ango 夏安吾(げあんご)summer retreat for monks
..... gegomori 夏籠(げごもり), gekomori
..... ge 夏(げ)
gegyoo 夏行(げぎょう)

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For a while
Behind the waterfall, cloistered -
Summer's Zen beginnings.

(Trans. by Saito & Nelson, 2006)

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