The temple that triggered his resurgence
At the Battle of Okehazama, which Ieyasu entered at the age of 19, his former master, Yoshimoto Imagawa, was killed by Nobunaga Oda.
Ieyasu barely escaped with his life and returned to Daiju-ji Temple, but the temple was already surrounded by enemy forces.
In despair, Ieyasu was about to kill himself in front of his ancestor's grave when Toyo Shonin, the chief priest at the time, said the following words.
"It's your job to make this world, polluted by the turbulent warring states, a livable paradise."
With these words, Ieyasu is said to have vowed to live and build a peaceful world.
起死回生のきっかけとなった寺院
19歳で参戦した桶狭間の戦いで、徳川家康はそれまでの主人であった今川義元を織田信長に討ち取られた。
家康は命からがら大樹寺に逃げ帰ったが、すでに寺のまわりは敵軍に囲まれていた。
絶望した家康は、もはやこれまでと、先祖のお墓の前で自害しようとしていたところ、当時の住職である登誉上人から、以下の言葉をかけられます。
「戦国乱世の穢れたこの世を、住みよい浄土にするのがそなたの役目じゃ」
この言葉で、家康は生きて太平の世を築くことを誓ったと言われている。
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