A cough stopper at Jonenji Temple

Once upon a time, a monk on a trip came to Shimada in Kami Noba.
The name of the monk is Genjinbo.
When Genjinbo was walking in this village, he noticed that there were many sick people. In the old mountain village, the living was poor, the weather was bad and the crops could not be obtained, and they immediately suffered hunger.
Even if he got sick, the young man went to work around nearby Tozuka in a poor life that could not be seen by a doctor, and the village became only elderly and children.
"Con, Con,"
Seeing the peasants who were constantly coughing and suffering, the Genjin-bo was saddened with his lack of power that he could not do anything.
Genjinbo says that no matter how hard humans are, they can survive if they have hope for tomorrow and a healthy body. But this village has lost hope and health that will be the source of it. Genjinbo himself, as a monk, may have predicted the end of his journey. So they gathered the villagers, stated their determination, and had them dig a large hole.

And he went into it to fill himself. And I asked the villagers, as follows.
"When I enter the hole, I would like you to pour only water three times a day through this bamboo tube while there is a voice reading the sutra from the soil. And when the voice of reading the sutra ceases, my wish will be heard and from your village the suffering of the coughers will disappear."
And he went away in the soil, saying, "I'm sorry."
At first, the villagers didn't believe the words of a monk on a strange journey, but were surprised at the mysterious behavior until his life and the miracle as the Genjinbo said.
And to the Genjinbo, with thanks and sorrow, build a mound, build a Sakaki tree and a stone shrine on it, and praise the virtue of the Genjinbo until the later world, It seems that it was a festival. And even now, those who suffer from coughing continue to visit.

Yamayuri of Jonenji Temple

It is a story recorded in "Old Story of Hometown Konan 50 Episode".
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