On the 95th day of his seclusion (April 5th of the same year), he had a dream in which Prince Shotoku (or Kannon Bosatsu's incarnation) appeared and said, "If you have sexual intercourse because of your previous karma, I will take your sin instead becoming the woman for you. そして95日目(同年4月5日)の暁の夢中に、聖徳太子が示現され(観音菩薩の化身が現れ)、「行者がこれまでの因縁によってたとい女犯があっても私(観音)が玉女の身となって、肉体の交わりを受けよう。 |