祇園精舎
『平家物語』の冒頭部分で最も有名な一節。
インドの寺院では祇園精舎と呼ばれる養生施設があるという。
病気になった僧侶は、死を迎えるまでそこで過ごし、亡くなると祇園精舎の鐘が鳴る。
その鐘の響きが示すように、どんなに社会で成功しても誰もが死を迎え、滅びる。
“Gion Shoujya” is the first and most famous chapter of Heike Monogatari. (The Tale of the Heike)
At the Jetavana Vihara (or Gion Shoujya in Japanese) glass and silver bells were hung at the four corners of the temple infirmary. These bells were rung once a discipline died. The sound of these bells that accompanied the passing of an individual were always the same, no matter how great or renown they were in society. Just as the same death comes to all men despite their worldly achievements.