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阿字観とは梵語（サンスクリット語）の阿字を観想する瞑想法である。通常は専用の掛軸の前に座って行なう。

掛軸は紺地。中央に一肘（いっちゅう、肘（ひじ）の長さ分、約一尺）ほどの直径の白円すなわち月輪（がちりん）があり、その中に金色の阿字がおさまっている。これに八葉の蓮華の台座が加わるが、蓮台の上に月輪、その中に阿字がある図柄と、月輪の中に蓮台上の阿字がある図柄との二種がある。それぞれ胎蔵法と金剛法によるといわれるが、後者の図柄のほうが一般的である。

その所作ないし作法には、空海が口述し高弟の実慧が筆録した『阿字観用心口決』や覚鑁の数種の『阿字観』などをはじめ数百種の伝があり、実は一定していない。しかし基本的な次第は通常の密教の行法に準じているので、実修にあたっては正師について指導を受けるのが望ましい。

概略を記すと、

まず口を漱いでから入堂、軸の前に五体投地をして着座。

坐法は結跏趺座または半趺座。

護身法を結印して、発菩提心真言と三昧耶戒真言を誦し、五大願を唱え、大日如来の五字明（真言）を誦したのち、調息してから正観に入る。この部分が阿字観の正行となる（後述）。

手のかたちは法界定印または弥陀定印。終われば出定して、三力加持の偈を唱え、祈願することがあれば念じ、最後に再び五体投地をして出堂。

その際、「心に慈悲の念を抱く」ということが重要である。

伝統的な細かい作法や心得については、直接に伝授を受ける必要がある。ただ、インドの瞑想の伝統では、必ずしも瞑想に時と場所を選ばない。一通りの指導を受けたら、あとは日常の心得として、いつでもどこでも、たとえば電車の中でも実行できる気楽さがあっていい。掛軸がなければ、本物の月に向ってするのも一興である。

Overview of Aji

Ajikan is a meditation method of contemplating Aji in Sanskrit. Normally, you sit in front of a dedicated hanging scroll.
The hanging scroll is dark blue. In the center, there is a white circle with a diameter of about one elbow (about the length of an elbow, about one shaku), that is, a moon ring (gachirin), in which a golden A character is placed. A lotus flower pedestal of Yaba is added to this, but there are two types, a moon ring on the lotus stand, a pattern with an A in it, and a pattern with an A on the lotus stand. It is said that they are based on the placental method and Kongo method, respectively, but the latter pattern is more common.

There are hundreds of biographies in the works and manners, including "Ajikanshinkoukoujutsu" written by Kukai and written by Takaki's younger brother, and several "Ajikan" written by Kakuru. Absent. However, since the basic rules are based on the usual esoteric Buddhist law, it is desirable to receive guidance from an orthodox teacher when practicing.

In summary,
First, scoop out your mouth, then enter the hall.
The seating method is either Yagi or Semi-Legit.
After signing the Self-Defense Law, he recites the Bodhisattva Shingon and the Sanmai Yakai Shingon, chants the Five Great Wishes, and recites the Dainichi Nyorai's Five Characters (Shingon). This part is the correct line for Ajikan (described later).
The shape of the hand is the Hokai seal or the Mida seal. When it's over, I'll make a decision, recite the power of three strengths, and if there's a prayer, I will pray, and finally I will throw five bodies again and go out.
At that time, it is important to "have compassion for the heart."
You will need to be directly informed about the traditional fine manners and knowledge. However, the Indian meditation tradition does not always choose time and place for meditation. Once you have received all the instructions, you should have the comfort of being able to carry it out anytime, anywhere, for example on the train, as a daily routine. If you don't have a hanging scroll, it would be fun to go to the real moon.

● Aji's method and significance

Once you have become accustomed to the moon ring view, place the A character inside the full moon ring and move on to the A character view.
There are three views: voice, letters, and reality.
The A sound is not only the first sound in the alphabet, but all the Sanskrit characters basically include the A sound, so it is regarded as the original sound and the fundamental sound.
So, first of all, I would like to look at Aji in the voice. At first, she utters quietly, slowly and long. Gradually reduce the vocalization, and at the end, keep in mind. The sound that comes out of himself fills himself, and eventually he permeates the entire universe.
Next, look at the shape of Aji with <view of Aji of character>. The point is that you can see the full moon ring, the lotus flower of Yaba, and the three letters of A in the heart.
Finally, we will examine the meaning of Aji in <Actual view of Aji>. Traditionally, the theory of "book immortality" is as follows.
First of all, as mentioned above, "A" is the basis of all speech sounds, so it becomes a symbol of the root of all things. From there, it is considered to be the "A" in the Sanskrit word "Ardi".
Next, in the Sanskrit, "a" is also used as a negation. There are various types of denial, such as permanent, selfless, and unbreakable, but they are generally regarded as the "A" in the Sanskrit Anutupada, which means "immortality."
Buddhism does not preach the creation of the world. Therefore, the creator cannot accept it. All things are created by the edge and destroyed by the edge (Lingus theory). Every occurrence has a book. A book also has a book, because nothing comes from nothing. Then what is the original book? Of course someone didn't. If the original book came about, why did it come from?
So it wasn't "caused." But if they haven't occurred, why are there so many things? In the end, the original, beyond-thinking situation, which can be asked whether it has occurred or not, is called "honsei", and it is expressed in A and is called "Ajihonsei."
The origin of all things will be the universe itself, just as all things are there. And the mother universe of all things will be full of compassion like the mother of life.
It is not the dark cold material space that modern physics depicts. The universe that created us as spiritual and spiritual beings cannot be like that.
If so, it is no wonder that Mother Universe is a Buddha. Furthermore, it may be called Dainichi Nyorai as the highest honorific name.
Thus, Aji becomes a symbol of Dainichi Nyorai, the universe Buddha. To think about Aji and keep it in my heart is nothing but to experience the essential and essential identity between myself and Dainichi Nyorai.
Note that it should not be an ego expansion. Of course, the fact is that you can't realize it without deceiting yourself.
If this is adapted to us, consider the book of our own life (soul). Everybody leaves the hometown of life and continues the journey of this life, and when the journey ends, he returns, a longing for the place of its origin. For old songs,
"The child of Aji stands out from the hometown of Aji and returns to the hometown of Aji."
In other words, you can put it in another way by thinking about your roots.