《Void Bell (Spirit)》 - Kyorei

Japanese: 《虚鈴(霊)》 - きょれい
《Void Bell (Spirit)》 - Kyorei

…The origin of this legend is as follows: Kakushin, who introduced the Fuka shakuhachi from China to Japan, taught the Kiyorei (spirit) bell to his disciple Yoritsuke (later the Zen master Kyotake, founder of Myoan-ji Temple in Kyoto). Yoritsuke played the bell while on a pilgrimage and retreated to the Kokuzodo Hall on Mount Asakuma in Ise, where he had a spiritual dream while napping at a wake. In other words, he was in a lonely boat on the water, surrounded by a thick mist, and heard a wonderful sound from the sky. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "《Empty Bell (Spirit)》" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その伝説的起源は次のとおり。中国から日本へ普化尺八を伝来した覚心は,門弟寄竹(のちの京都明暗寺の祖虚竹禅師)に《虚鈴(霊)(きよれい)》を伝授し,寄竹はそれを吹いて行脚中,伊勢朝熊山の虚空蔵堂に参籠し,通夜仮眠中に霊夢を見る。すなわち,みずからは水上の孤舟にあり,あたりは深い霧に閉ざされ,天空から妙音が聞こえる。…

※「《虚鈴(霊)》」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。

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