Other figure
Daigen
大元
The original source for this entry links the names "Daigen" and "Daigen Shuri Bosatsu." Daigen Shuri Bosatsu is a figure who guards the temple buildings (garan) in Zen temples, and a statue is also handed down at the temple 高山寺 in Yanai City. Here the figure is introduced as one who guards the temple buildings and the place of practice.
This introduction is based on materials from Shōhōin (Tobi Fudō). It is summarized within the scope of the beliefs and traditions those materials convey, and does not present explanations or customs common to all schools, shrines, and temples.
English pages are the site’s own translations of its Japanese pages. The sources cited are in Japanese. 日本語で読む
Daigen Shuri Bosatsu, guardian of Zen temples
The original source for this entry links the names "Daigen" and "Daigen Shuri Bosatsu." Daigen Shuri Bosatsu is a figure who guards the temple buildings (garan) in Zen temples, and a statue is also handed down at the temple 高山寺 in Yanai City. Here the figure is introduced as one who guards the temple buildings and the place of practice.
Source: 飛不動尊 正宝院・柳井市
Read separately from Taigensui Myōō
The original source also gives the name Taigensui Myōō alongside. The Nara National Museum introduces a work copying a four-armed image of Taigensui Myōō handed down at Daigoji, and it differs from the iconography of Daigen Shuri Bosatsu. Rather than combining similar names into a single figure, this page centers on the explanation of Daigen Shuri Bosatsu, who guards the temple buildings.
Source: 柳井市・奈良国立博物館・飛不動尊 正宝院
Mantra (in Japanese, as written in the sources)
のうぼう たり たぼり ばらぼり しゃきんめい しゃきんめい たらさんたん おえんび そわか。
Source: 飛不動尊 正宝院
Shown as written in the Japanese sources. This site does not set how or how many times to recite it.
Sources (in Japanese)
- 飛不動尊 正宝院「仏様の世界：大元」（2026-10-14 確認）
- 飛不動尊 正宝院「仏様の世界：目次」（2026-10-14 確認）
- 柳井市「高山寺の木造達磨大師坐像及び大権修利菩薩倚像」（2026-10-15 確認）
- 奈良国立博物館「大元帥明王像 醍醐寺本模写」（2026-10-15 確認）