最澄が比叡山を開くはるか以前、聖徳太子（５７４－６２２）が比叡山に登り、この地にお堂を建てて、持っていた観音像をお祀りしたのが椿堂のはじまりとされている。伝統に則して５９３年に摂政に任ぜられた聖徳太子は、熱心な仏教徒でもあった。聖徳太子が杖として持っていた椿の枝をお堂の傍らに挿したところ、やがて芽を出し大きく育ったことから椿堂と呼ばれるようになった。時折、四種三昧のうちのひとつ、「常坐三昧」の修行が行われている。
Title Tsubaki-do
- Shiga
- Topic(s)：
- Historic Sites/Castle Ruins Shrines/Temples/Churches Public Works & Institutions (Museums, etc.)
- Medium/Media of Use：
- Interpretive Sign
- Text Length：
- ≤250 Words
- FY Prepared：
- 2018
- Associated Tourism Board：
- Hieizan Enryakuji
- Associated Address：
- 4220 Sakamotohommachi, Otsu-shi , Shiga
English
Tsubaki-do
Legend has it that long before Saicho established Enryakuji, Shotoku Taishi, (574–622) founded what became the Tsubaki-do by enshrining a statue of Kannon that he had carried up the mountain. Prince Shotoku was appointed as regent in 593 according to tradition, and was a fervent supporter of Buddhism. The hall was named after a large camellia tree next to it that is said to have grown from a staff made of camellia wood that Shotoku Taishi thrust into the ground. Sometimes this hall is used for the practice of “constantly-sitting samadhi” concentration.
S: Sanskrit
Tsubaki-do (Camellia Hall)
Shotoku Taishi (Prince Shotoku)
Kannon (S. Avalokitesvara)
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