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新・雲水物語
―新聞記者が雲水になってみた―
佐藤建
一人旅お布施百円の重さ
はじめて一人旅を許されて
京都から大阪に向かう電車に乗った
電車内はがらがらで
すぐ目の前に五十歳近いと思われる
おじさんがすわっている
大きくマタをひろげ
そのズボンのチャックがあいている
決して上品とはいえないカッコウだ
そのおじさん、何を思ったか
やおら立ち上がって
ズカズカと目の前にきて
「はい」と手をだす
一瞬何のことかわからない
見ると百円玉をつまんでいる
そのお金が雲水姿の自分にくれた
お布施だと気がつくまでに
数秒かかった
わかったとたん
頭にカーッと血がのぼって
オタオタした
まったく見ず知らずの人が
いきなりお金をくれる
こんな体験はぜんぜんないのだ
お礼をいうのも忘れた…
百円玉のお布施をもらうことはズシリと重い
そのときはじめてお坊さんの修行の意味が
わかったような気がする
修行は自分自身の完成を
めざす行であると同時に
人々（衆生）のお坊さんにたいする
信頼感と信仰心にこたえる
根拠なのだろう
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New – The Story of a Novice Itinerant Buddhist Priest
What Happens When a Newspaper Reporter
Beccomes a Novice Itinerant Buddhist Priest
Ken Sato
Traveling Alone
The Weight of a 100 Yen Offering
The first time I was allowed to travel alone
I boarded a train from Kyoto to Osaka
The train was almost empty
But sitting right in front of me
Was an older man who looked to be about 50 years old
He sat with his legs spread out wide
And the zipper of his pants was undone
One definitely would not say
That his appearance was elegant
I didn’t know what he was thinking
But suddenly that older man stood up
And walked over and stood right in front of me
Stuck out his hand, and said, “Here!”
For a second, I didn’t know what was happening
I looked, and saw that the man was holding a 100 yen coin
It took me another few seconds to realize that this money
Was an offering to me, because I was dressed
As an itinerant Buddhist priest
When I realized what was happening
Blood rushed up to my face
And I didn’t know what to do
Someone I had never seen before
Someone I didn’t know
Had just suddenly given me some money
I had never had such and experience before
I was so flustered that I even forgot to thank him
Receiving a 100 yen offering is a heavy weight,
And at that moment, for the first time
I had the feeling that I understood the purpose
Of the Zen training I went through
The training, as well as being intended
To help me become a complete human being,
Was also intended to help me prove worthy
Of people’s (all human being’s) trust and faith
In Buddhist priests
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