蓮で関心
戸倉上山田温泉の上の善光寺別院のお寺さんの池のスイレンが綺麗に咲いています。お坊さんに「なぜお寺にスイレンが多いか」と聞いたら、綺麗な蓮が汚れている水から出る様に、私達の心も日々の世の中の問題から綺麗にすることを表せているそうです。なるほど！
The Buddhist Temple above our town, Togura Kamiyamada Onsen, has a small pond with water lilies that are in bloom now. I asked a monk why so many temples have water lillies. He said that a pure water lily blooming out of the murky pond water is a symbol of how our hearts should be pure despite the doom and gloom of the world around us. That makes me appreciate the beauty of the water lily even more!
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