Kaigenru - Kaigenru

Japanese: 開眼縷 - かいげんる
Kaigenru - Kaigenru

…There are many examples of using strings in connection with faith. In Shinto, it is said that one can hear the voice of the gods and receive their protection by pulling the hanging string in front of the worship hall to ring the sacred bell, or by pulling the rope of a float, and this serves to connect people with gods. The Onbashira Hikizuna at Suwa Taisha Shrine, the Kaigenru at Todaiji Temple (an event in which each monk holds a string tied to a brush), and the Keduna at Enryakuji Temple and Higashi Honganji Temple are all strings based on the same idea. In the world of Buddhism, it is said that in order to save humans from this world (the secular world) to the world of Buddha (the pure world), one must grab the rope that is lowered from the pure world, and according to the Eiga Monogatari, Fujiwara no Michinaga was holding a five-colored thread that was threaded through the hands of Amida Buddha when he was on his deathbed. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kaiganru" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…紐を信仰と結びつけて用いる例はいくつもあり,神道では拝殿前の垂(たれ)紐を引いて神鈴を鳴らすことにより,また山車(だし)の綱を引っ張ることによって,神の声をきき,神の加護をうけることができるとしており,これは神と人を結ぶ役目を果たすものである。諏訪大社の御柱曳綱(おんばしらひきづな)をはじめ東大寺の開眼縷(かいげんる)(筆に結びつけた紐を各僧侶が握る行事)や延暦寺,東本願寺の毛綱(けづな)なども同じ思想にもとづく紐である。仏教の世界では人間をこの世(俗界)から仏の世界(浄界)に救い上げるためには浄界から降ろされた綱につかまれといい,《栄華物語》によれば,藤原道長は臨終の折に,阿弥陀如来の手を通した五色の糸を握っている。…

※「開眼縷」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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