Het is bedoelt voor de levende en gestorven kinderen
(1) Sentai-Jizo {sen-tie gee-zoh} or One-Thousand Jizo
Along the flights of steps leading to the Main Hall is a structure called Jizo-do, in which statues of Jizo Bosatsu {boh-sah-tsu}, or Ksitigarbha-bodhisattva in Skt., are enshrined. There are countless Jizo statuettes made of stone and placed near here. They are called Sentai Jizo, meaning literally 'one thousand Jizo' and installed mostly for the aborted fetuses. Jizo is believed to be a guardian deity of children, both alive and dead, including stillborn babies and aborted fetuses. Sorrowing parents who lost children dedicate the statuettes and pray that the god may protect the poor little ones wandering in the netherworld. Usually, the parents offer dolls and baby clothes to the statuettes
(1) Sentai-Jizo {sen-tie gee-zoh} or One-Thousand Jizo
Along the flights of steps leading to the Main Hall is a structure called Jizo-do, in which statues of Jizo Bosatsu {boh-sah-tsu}, or Ksitigarbha-bodhisattva in Skt., are enshrined. There are countless Jizo statuettes made of stone and placed near here. They are called Sentai Jizo, meaning literally 'one thousand Jizo' and installed mostly for the aborted fetuses. Jizo is believed to be a guardian deity of children, both alive and dead, including stillborn babies and aborted fetuses. Sorrowing parents who lost children dedicate the statuettes and pray that the god may protect the poor little ones wandering in the netherworld. Usually, the parents offer dolls and baby clothes to the statuettes
