Mysterious water with a monk

Once upon a time, nine hundred years ago, a monk named Hirokiyo of Kyoto was traveling with a Buddha statue on his back and asking temples around the country.
One day, when the monk came to Hino-no-sato.
Suddenly the water was filled, and I found the side water behind the grassy bushes of the forest. The side water was so delicious that it had never happened before, and the fatigue of the trip disappeared. When a surprised monk asked the villagers what it was,
"This spring is a very mysterious spring. At night, the light shines out of the spring, the forest becomes brighter, and birds gather around the spring."
He answered.
The monk was more and more mysterious, sat near the fountain, and prayed quietly, to find the reason for the fountain.
Then, on the night of the third day, I wondered if the water of the spring had risen suddenly, and suddenly, with the dazzling light, the purple smoke burst.
In the light, I could see Jizo-sama, whose face glowed golden and emits a faint glowing light.
Surprisingly, the Jizo was the same as the Buddha statue that the monk had been walking on his back.
In the morning, I told the villagers about the events last night.
"I don't know when it was, but when a mysterious monk visited this village and learned that he was in trouble with water only, he took a tin cane (a cane owned by a monk, etc.) and dug it. There is a legend that spiritual water that cures any illness has come out. And then, I value this spring as a tin cane water."
And the villagers told me.
The monk thought that this mysterious monk was a Jizo-sama in the form of a monk, and decided this as the end of his journey. There were no monks in the village, so the villagers were very pleased and built a small temple. Since then, the monk has lived in Hino-no-sato and spent days praying for Buddha and villagers.

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