Ten-Foot-Square Hut

Zhao Meng Cui Buddhism Professor Broughton Mon 645pm-945pm Ten-Foot-Square Hut The Ten-Foot Square Hut is more than of a story book to me rather than any religion tie in book. Kamo no Chomei describe the arriver of the mappo is complete chaos. First, there is a abundant fire broke come forth on a windy shadow in the third year of the Angen era(1177) in the capital metropolis. The fire was get around widely. Houses were torched people were chocked to final stage by smoke or burned to death alive. The result of the fire was Sixteen mansions of the nobility were consumed by the fire, to say nix of unt sexagenarian numbers of other dwellings.Fully one third of the capital was destroy several thousand men and women perished. Second, there is a huge whirlwind tear the capital again in the Jisho ear(1180). Four or five blocks of the city were destroyed. People lost their house, belongings, and lives. The southwestern area next to the city was change as well due to the wind mov ed that way down. Third, the motility of the capital and changing in politics. New capital was built in a different location up north in the peck area by the sea. Kamo no chomei was also noticed the persons that he knew were sit on horses like the warrior clans instead of sitting in ox cart.People were dictate away living in the fear of the fire. Fourth, the hunger comes around the Yowa era (1181-1182). Typhoons and floods destroyed farm lands and grain. It lasted 2 years. Many people were dead and grain were price more than gold. Fifth, earthquake. Kamo no chomei mentioned the destruction of all temples first time. Last, Peoples mind changed. Peoples desire of wealth grows. They become greedy. This is the arrival of the mappo to Kamo no Chomei. Its like everything that is known to people were destroyed and the old believes were collapsed.Nothing is going to the right direction. Kamo no chomeis hut measures ten feet substantive in area and less than seven feet in height. The e aves extend out three feet for firewood and cooking on the east situation. There is also a bamboo balcony with a book shelf at the western side. He put an image of Amida and bodhisattva fugen on the north wall. His bed is along the east side of the room. He kept his music instruments and other books at the southwest corner. Nembutsu was his Bhuddhist practice. His task was that he loved his teensy hut and the simple life style.His small hut help him with practice, but it is still consider as psychic grasping. Buddha warn us against feelings of attachment. He is still attached to something that would keep him in the samsara. His solutions to his problem are call upon my tongue to utter two or three recitations of Amida Buddhas forebode, ineffectual as they might be, before fall wordless. My understanding is that he would first do more Buddhist practices as mentioned above utter two or three recitations of Amida Buddhas name secondly, easy his mind and meditate as in falling silent.