There are many stories that the miraculous efficacy of Jizo Bosatsu is enormous enough to diminish people's sins and make them Buddha, and that he relieves people as a scapegoat for their suffering. 地蔵菩薩の霊験は膨大にあり、人々の罪業を滅し成仏させるとか、苦悩する人々の身代わりになって救済するという説話が多い。 |