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土日月と３連休、と云ってもこの歳になると余り浮き立つ事も無い。で、何時ものように土曜は友人とゴルフ、
朝早いスタートで暑さもそんなに気にならず先ず先ずの成績、但し、バック９は猛烈な暑さと疲れでガタガタと何時ものパターン。
帰りにスーパー銭湯で一汗流しご帰宅と相成った。翌日日曜は天風会の日曜行修会、
今回は５日後に特別夏期修練会を控えている事もあって大忙し。それでも午後３時には大体の準備を終え、後は当日を待つばかりと気合が入る。

月曜は久しぶりに妻と出かける事にした。実は昨年春ごろから奈良県下の十三仏（真言宗のお寺参り、国宝級の仏像が沢山ある）
をお参りする計画を立て、暇を見つけては出かけていた。所がここ３ケ月はその時間が取れなかった為、今回は気合を入れて回ることにし、
自宅を８時過ぎに出発。最初のお寺が「新薬師寺」、何とも素朴なお寺であった。ただ、天平時代の仏像は素晴らしく、
観る位置によって表情が大きく変わるのにはおどろいた。次が天理の「長岳寺」、
ここは石仏が結構知られているようであるが延々と続くお地蔵さん参りで途中でダウン。とうとう最後まで上らずに下りてしまった
（とにかく暑かった）。そして、桜井市へ。ここで昼食を済ませ、「安倍文殊院」へ。このお寺は安倍晴明の生誕の地とか、
陰陽道ブームに乗ってか可也手を入れている様子。特に石灯篭の寄進を５０万円で大募集しているのには驚いた。次が、橿原市の「おふさ観音寺」
、ここは村中の住宅密集地に在る比較的小さなお寺であったが、ちょうど風鈴祭りの最中。境内に所狭しと吊り下げられた風鈴が、
盛夏の中で涼やかな音色を奏でている。何とも云えない風情であった、たぶん夕方から夜ともなればその風情もいっそうと思われたが、
そうもゆかず帰宅の途についた。思ったほどの渋滞も無く連休最後の日にしてはスムーズに楽しくお寺参りが出来、
何時とも無い清清しい一日であった。

明日から東京出張、木曜夜に帰宅し、翌日から３日間天風会の夏期特別研修会。今週は充実した週になりそうです。

Saturday, Sunday, Monday and three consecutive holidays, but at my age, I don’t get too excited. So, I played golf with my friends on Saturday, as usual.
I started early in the morning and didn’t mind the heat so much, but the back nine was rattled by the fierce heat and fatigue, which is the usual pattern.
On the way home, I went to a super public bath and got sweaty and went home. The next day was the Sunday Gyoshu meeting of the Tenpukai.
We were very busy this time because we had a special summer training session in five days. Nevertheless, by 3:00 p.m., we had finished most of the preparations and were ready for the day of the event.

On Monday, I decided to go out with my wife for the first time in a long time. As a matter of fact, since last spring, I have been visiting 13 Buddhist temples in Nara Prefecture (there are many national treasure statues of Buddha).
I made a plan to visit the shrine and went out in my spare time. Because I couldn’t take that time for the last three months, this time I decided to go around with a lot of enthusiasm.
We left our home just after 8:00. The first temple was Shin-Yakushiji Temple, which was very simple. However, the Buddha statues from the Tempyo period are amazing.
I was amazed at how the expression of the image changed greatly depending on the position of the viewer. Next is Nagatakeji Temple in Tenri.
It seems that the stone Buddha is well known here, but we had a long visit to Jizo-san on the way down. Finally, we didn’t go all the way up, we went all the way down.
(It was hot anyway). Then, we went to Sakurai City. After lunch, we went to Abe Monju-in Temple. This temple is said to be the birthplace of Seimei Abe.
It seems that they are getting on the Yin-Yang-Do boom and putting a lot of effort into it. In particular, I was surprised to see that they were soliciting donations of stone lanterns for 500,000 yen. Next is Obusa Kannonji Temple in Kashihara City.
This was a relatively small temple located in a dense residential area of the village, and it was in the middle of the Wind Bell Festival. The wind chimes hung in the precincts of the temple
It plays a cool tone in the midst of the midsummer. The atmosphere was indescribable, though it seemed to be even more so when it was evening and night.
It didn’t take long before I was on my way home. I was able to visit the temple smoothly and happily for the last day of the consecutive holidays without the traffic jam that I expected.
It was a refreshing day as usual.

I’m on a business trip to Tokyo tomorrow, returning home on Thursday night, and the next day I’ll be at the special summer training session of the Tenpukai for three days. It’s going to be a fulfilling week.