18/01/2025
観音巡礼に必須の御朱印ですが、最近ではお寺の御朱印を集めている方も多いかと思います。
御朱印の本来の意味は、文章(お写経など)をお寺にお納めし、お寺からの御礼や証明書などとか聞いています。
ある札所のお寺さんが教えてくれたのですが、御朱印をもらいに来る方の1割程度しかお写経を納めていないとか…
更に最近では自筆でなく、ネットで般若心経を見つけてプリントアウトして持参する強者もいるそうです💦
Goshuin (stamp of a temple)is an essential part of Kannon pilgrimages, but I think a lot of people have been collecting temple goshuin recently.
I've heard that the original meaning of goshuin is to submit a piece of handwritten text (such as a handwritten of heart sutra) to the temple and receive a thank you or a certificate from the temple.
A temple told me that only about 10% of people who come to get a goshuin submit a handwritten of heart sutra...
Moreover, recently, some people have been finding the Heart Sutra on the internet, printing it out, and bringing it with them instead of handwritten one💦