カンボジアは信心深い小乗仏教の国だ。小乗仏教が実践されているのは、タイ、カンボジア、ラオスとミャンマーの4カ国しかないのだそうだ。僧侶たちは信者からの恵みによって暮らしている。毎朝6時ころから僧侶たちは町にでて托鉢する。托鉢で得られる食物を午前中に食したあと、午後以降は一切の食物を口にしない。妻帯もしなし、女性に触ることさえ禁忌である。お金も施しを受けるのみで、商売をすることもない。
そんな素朴な僧侶の生活を垣間見ることになった。ふとしたことから、プノンペンのお寺の若き僧院長と知り合いになった。早朝の散歩の時になんどか寺に立ち寄るうちに、話を交わすようになったのだった。信者の恵みのみに頼る素朴で穏やかなる暮らし。ゆったりとした時間が流れていた。People in Cambodia are religious Hiananayan buddhists. Hiananayan Buddhism is practiced only in 4 nations; Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Myammar. Monks depend solely on the offerings from the parishioners. Every morning monks set out for mendicancy at around 6 o'clock and receive food that they consume before the noon. In the afternoon onwards, monks do not eat nor drink until the break of the next day. Monks never marry, or even touching women folks by chance is prohibited. They receive money only as offerings, and never engage in merchandise.
I came across with a simple life of a monk, when I was acquainted with a young chief of a monastery attached to a temple in Phnom Penh. I started to talk with him when I was taking an early morning walk around the town. A clement life of a priest depends wholly on the parishioners. TIme flows so gently in this premise.
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55-1 Wat Phnom, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, February 2003/ Bessa R Snapshot Scopar 25mm Kodak EBX
55-2 Royal Palace Square, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 2004/ Bessa R Snapshot Scopar 25mm Kodak EBX
55-3 Royal Palace Square, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 2004/ Bessa R Snapshot Scopar 25mm Kodak EBX
55-4 Royal Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 2004/ Bessa R Snapshot Scopar 25mm Kodak EBX
55-5 National Museum, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, December 2002/ Bessa R Snapshot Scopar 25mm Kodak EBX
55-6 Old Market, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 2004/ Bessa R Snapshot Scopar 25mm Kodak EBX
55-7 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 2004/ Bessa R Snapshot Scopar 25mm Kodak EBX
55-8 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 2004/ Bessa R Snapshot Scopar 25mm Kodak EBX
55-9 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 2004/ Bessa R Snapshot Scopar 25mm Kodak EBX
55-10 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 2004/ Bessa R Snapshot Scopar 25mm Kodak EBX
55-11 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 2004/ Bessa R Snapshot Scopar 25mm Kodak EBX
55-12 Pochengton Airport, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 2004/ Leica Minilux 40mm Fuji RHPIII