Episode 14: Buddha who disappeared in the Zenko-ji valley

　Once upon a time, there was a great monk in the Kamakura period. Every day, I continued my journey while doing a thankful preaching in that village and this village, and came to the shores of a large lake where Suwa Taisha in Shinano Kuni is enshrined. .
　I turned around the villages around it, crossed a long mountain hill, and turned around to Kainokuni, and noticed that two snakes came along well. The monk is gentle
"Where are you going?"
I heard that the two had their mouths together.
"We were serving Suwa Myojin, but we came to want you to be a disciple of your superiors. Please add it to your companion."
I'll ask you all my heart.
"It's hard on your journey, but if you don't mind, follow me."
I was allowed to accompany you.
　In this way, the monk and two snakes entered Sagami-kuni, a long journey, and came to Akuwa-no-sato, but one died due to the tiredness of the painful journey.
　Later, a temple called Yugyoji was built on the edge of the town of Fujisawa.
　The monk was the founder of Toki sect, and was called by many people, both Ippenjojin and Yugyojin. But what the superior always felt pitiful was a snake that died in the village of Akuwa.
　Therefore, for the snake, and in order to comfort the spirits of the old people who opened Akuwa, a temple was built on the hill of Akuwa, and Amida-sama of Ichisaku Yatsuwake was the main god Zenko-ji. Was named. The villagers also bought various Buddhist utensils and joined hands with Amida with their superiors.
　A few years later, the world was disturbed, and during the Warring States period, fierce battles were spread in this village. The people of Akuwa become together with the superiors of Yugyoji Temple in Fujisawa and the Kazuhisa of Zenko-ji Temple, dig a hole in the back of the valley of the village, and dig the treasures related to the principal and Ippenjojin deep in the hole I hidden it and blocked the entrance. The temples and the houses in the village were burnt down, and people fled to Motoyama in Fujisawa for their lives and were saved thanks to the Buddha.
　Even as time changed and the world changed, Zenko-ji was not rebuilt, but even now, when I went on a pit that hides the Buddha, I found myself
"Don't flapping too much," If the world is peaceful, please give me out as soon as possible. I'd like to talk to you."
In other words, you can hear the sound of me like a wooden fish.

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